East Texas
Ghost Towns Travel Guide
|
TOWN
|
COUNTY |
Description |
| Acol |
Angelina
|
A
"wandering post office." |
| Atoy
12-1-05
|
Cherokee
|
Settled
before the Civil War |
| Baxter |
Henderson |
Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Bevilport |
Jasper |
On
the Neches River basin |
| Black
Ankle |
San
Augustine |
Not
on the county map |
| Bogus
Springs |
Cass |
The
spring dried up |
| Bois
D'Arc |
Anderson |
Little
is known |
| Bonami |
Jasper |
A
sawmill town |
| Brooklyn |
Shelby |
Home
town of movie star Ann Miller's mother |
| Buffalo
6-7-06 |
Henderson |
First
Henederson County seat |
| Bulah
12-13-05 |
Cherokee
|
A
predominantly black community |
| Byspot |
San
Jacinto |
No
longer on the US Geological Survey list |
| Catfish |
Henderson |
Near
Athens |
| Center
Point |
Camp |
Near
Pittsburg |
| Centerville
6-7-06 |
Henderson |
Second
Henederson County seat |
| Cheeseland
12-1-06 |
Angelina
|
A
Two Family Town |
| Coffeeville |
Upshur |
Once
a travel destination |
| Coke |
Wood |
Near
coal and oilfield |
| Comet |
Marion |
Two
Miles from Jefferson |
| Concord |
Angelina
|
A wet ghost town in East Texas |
| Denmark |
Anderson |
Close
to Palestine |
| Dialville
12-1-05
|
Cherokee
|
Not
on the map |
| Dillon |
Hopkins |
Population
0 |
| Drusilla |
Wood |
Population
0 |
| Earle’s
Chapel |
Cherokee
|
A
church and cemetery |
| Eliza |
Houston |
Population
0 |
| Emporia
3-29-07 |
Angelina
|
With
a mystery |
| Fairmount
8-27-07 |
Sabine
|
Today
a well-kept graveyard and a church |
| Fastrill |
Cherokee
|
"A
beautiful logging camp." |
| Fort
Houston |
Anderson |
Near Palestine |
| Fostoria
8-1-07 |
Montgomery |
Once
a prosperous saw mill town |
| Geneva
11-27-06 |
Sabine
|
Oldest
continuously occupied town in East Texas |
| Gent
|
Cherokee
|
AKA
Ghent. On Gent Mountain |
| Gould
10-30-07 |
Cherokee
|
North
of Rusk |
| Holcomb
Store 12-1-05 |
Cherokee
|
AKA
Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's |
| Hopewell |
Smith |
Texas
largest magnolia tree |
| Iron
Bridge |
Gregg |
Not
on the map |
| Ironosa |
San
Augustine |
Not
on the highway map |
| Java |
Cherokee |
Moved
to Maydelle |
| Jonesboro |
Red
River |
Once
Arkansas' Miller County seat |
| Kelsey |
Upshur |
Mormon
colony |
| Kiam |
Polk |
Named
for a clothing retailer in Houston |
| Kiomatia
5-1-07 |
Red
River |
Dates
from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory |
| Larissa |
Cherokee |
Near
the site of the Killough Massacre |
| Lindsey
Springs |
|
One of the oldest logging camps |
| Little
Hope |
Wood |
An
active church with a historical marker |
| Lone
Star 12-1-05 |
Cherokee |
Not
on the map |
| Manila |
Cherokee |
Close
to Rusk |
| Mixon
12-2-05 |
Cherokee |
Not
on the map |
| Mutt
and Jeff |
Wood |
Not
on the county map |
| New
Birmingham |
Cherokee |
East Texas Iron |
| Olive
7-3-06 |
Hardin |
A
sawmill ghost town with a ghost train |
| Pickens |
Henderson |
Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Pine
Town |
Cherokee |
Moved
to Maydelle. Not on the map |
| Pleasant
Hill 4-1-07 |
|
|
| Presley
|
Titus |
Not
on the map |
| Providence
6-6-06
|
Anderson |
Not
on the map |
| Rambo |
Cass |
Not
the movie |
| Ratcliff |
Houston |
With
two historical markers |
| Sabine |
(Gulf
Coast) |
South
of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park |
| Scrap |
Red
River |
A ghost town in northeast Texas |
| Shacklefoot |
Sabine |
Built
by Jean Laffite |
| Swartwout
|
Polk |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Tallys |
Harrison |
Not
on the map |
| Tecula |
Cherokee |
Settled
before the Civil War |
| Town
Bluff |
Tyler |
Almost
a Houston |
| Troy
|
Freestone
|
A ghost town on the Trinity River |
| Turpentine |
Jasper |
Once
a turpentine camp and distillery |
| Utica |
Smith |
Close
to Tyler |
| Watson |
Red
River |
Not
on the map |
| Weldon
8-9-06 |
Houston |
Not
shown on State Map |
| Wiergate |
Newton |
A
sawmill ghost town |
| Who'd
Thought It |
Hopkins |
A
forgotten community with an unforgettable name |
| Zana |
San
Augustine |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Zavala
|
Jasper |
On
Jasper County's records as late as 1878 |
| Zeirath |
Jasper |
Not
on the map |
