| Ghost
Towns |
Counties |
Description |
| Acol |
Angelina/Polk/Tyler
|
A
"wandering post office." |
| Africa
|
Shelby |
Formed
by former slaves |
| Alabama |
Houston
|
Only
the Centennial marker remains |
| Aldridge |
Jasper |
A
sawmill ghost town |
| Allen
Chapel |
Houston
|
Founded by freed slaves |
| Asia |
Polk
|
Once
a lumber town |
| Atoy
|
Cherokee
|
Settled
before the Civil War |
| Augusta |
Houston
|
Site
of the Edens-Madden Massacre |
| Baldwin |
Harrison |
No
road sign |
| Barado |
Walker |
AKA
Kelly's Switch |
| Bath
|
Walker |
AKA
Possum Walk |
| Batson |
Hardin |
An
early oilpatch town |
| Baxter
|
Henderson |
A
schoolhouse as a community center |
| Bayou |
Sabine |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Beck's
Chape |
Henderson |
A church & cemetery remain |
| Belgrade |
Newton |
Once
a thriving port |
| Bethany |
Panola |
On
the Texas/Lousiana state line |
| Bethel
|
Anderson |
NW
of Palestine |
| Bevilport |
Jasper |
On
the Neches River basin |
| Birthright |
Hopkins |
Once
known as Lone Star |
| 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 |
| Boxwood
|
Upshur |
Population
20 |
| Bragg |
Hardin |
Ghost
town with a ghost road |
| Brooklyn |
Shelby |
Home
town of movie star Ann Miller's mother |
| Buena
Vista |
Shelby |
Once
called “Buck Snort” |
| Buffalo |
Henderson |
First
Henderson County seat |
| Bulah |
Cherokee
|
A
predominantly black community |
| Burning
Bush |
Smith |
A
failed Methodist experiment |
| Byspot |
San
Jacinto |
No
longer on the US Geological Survey list |
| Calloway |
Upshur |
One
of Upshur County's earliest communities |
| Catfish
|
Henderson |
Near
Athens |
| Camden
aka Walling’s Ferry |
Gregg |
One
of the earliest communities in Gregg County |
| Caro |
Nacogdoches |
Once
a sawmill town |
| Carroll
Springs |
Henderson |
A
historic church & cemetery remain |
| Centennial |
Panola |
Population:
Between Zero and Unknown |
| Center
Point |
Camp |
Near
Pittsburg |
| Centerville
|
Henderson |
Second
Henederson County seat |
| Cheeseland |
Angelina
|
A
Two Family Town |
| Chickenfeather |
Rusk |
A
rural cemetery today |
| Chumley |
San
Augustine |
A
cemetery remains |
| Cincinnati
|
Walker |
On
the Trinity River |
| Climax |
Nacogdoches |
Close
to Nacogdoches |
| Coffeeville |
Upshur |
Once
a travel destination |
| Coke |
Wood |
Near
coal and oilfield |
| Coltharp
|
Houston |
Only
historical markers remain |
| Comet |
Marion |
Two
Miles from Jefferson |
| Concord |
Angelina
|
A wet ghost town in East Texas |
| Country
Campus |
Walker |
WWII
German POW camp |
| Craft |
Cherokee
|
With
a historic church |
| Dalby
Springs |
Bowie |
Grew
areound a medicinal spring |
| Darby |
Polk |
Historic
log house with cemetery |
| Denmark |
Anderson |
Close
to Palestine |
| Danville |
Gregg |
A
cemetery & church remain |
| Dextra |
Nacogdoches |
A
dispersed community |
| Dialville
|
Cherokee
|
Not
on the map |
| Dido
|
Walker |
Appeared
in early 20th century maps |
| Dillon |
Hopkins |
Population
0 |
| Dodson |
Houston |
Established
in the mid-1880s |
| Drusilla |
Wood |
Population
0 |
| Earle’s
Chapel |
Cherokee
|
A
church and cemetery |
| Eliza |
Houston |
Population
0 |
| Emilee |
Tyler |
A
cemetery remains |
| Emporia |
Angelina
|
With
a mystery |
| Eureka |
Franklin
|
Found
only on county map |
| Everitt
|
San
Jacinto |
A
church & Magnolia Cemetery |
| Eylau
|
Bowie
|
Settled
under the Republic of Texas |
| Fairmount |
Sabine
|
Today
a well-kept graveyard and a church |
| Falba |
Walker
|
A
cemetery remains |
| Farrsville |
Newton |
Not
on the map |
| Fawil
|
Newton
|
Once
a sawmill town |
| Fastrill |
Cherokee
|
"A
beautiful logging camp." |
| Footes |
Gregg |
Not
on the map |
| Fort
Houston |
Anderson |
Near Palestine |
| Fostoria |
Montgomery |
A
cemetery remains |
| Fostoria |
Montgomery |
Once
a prosperous saw mill town |
| Geneva |
Polk |
Inundated
by Lake Livingston |
| Geneva |
Sabine
|
Oldest
continuously occupied town in East Texas |
| Gent
|
Cherokee
|
AKA
Ghent. On Gent Mountain |
| Glendale |
Trinity |
Once
a lumber town with orchards |
| Gould |
Cherokee
|
North
of Rusk |
| Grand
Bluff |
Panola |
Once
a ferry town |
| Grayrock |
Franklin |
A
cemetery remains |
| Greggton |
Gregg |
Absorbed
into Longview |
| Griffin |
Cherokee
|
Centennial
marker & cemetery remains |
| Gusher
|
Hardin |
Not
on the map |
| Hagerville |
Houston |
Historical
marker remains |
| Halifax
|
Polk |
Once
essentially a racetrack |
| Hardin |
Hardin |
First
Hardin County seat |
| Hortense |
Polk |
Near
Bear Creek |
| Haslam |
Shelby |
Built
around 1913 for lumber production |
| Holcomb
Store |
Cherokee
|
AKA
Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's |
| Hopewell |
Smith |
Texas
largest magnolia tree |
| Horace |
Upshur |
Dropped
from county maps by 1936 |
| Ioni
|
Anderson |
Named
for Ioni Indians |
| Iron
Bridge |
Gregg |
Not
on the map |
| Ironosa |
San
Augustine |
Not
on the highway map |
| Irwin |
Rusk |
Once
had a post office |
| Java |
Cherokee |
Moved
to Maydelle |
| Jonesboro |
Red
River |
Once
Arkansas' Miller County seat |
| Jonesville
|
Angelina
|
Second
Angelina County seat |
| Kellyville
|
Marion |
Site
of Kelly Foundry, Furnace, and Plow Co. |
| Kelsey |
Upshur |
Mormon
colony |
| Kiam |
Polk |
Named
for a clothing retailer in Houston |
| Kickapoo |
Anderson |
Relocated
to Frankston |
| Kiomatia |
Red
River |
Dates
from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory |
| Larissa
1-20-20 |
Cherokee |
Near
the site of the Killough Massacre |
| Lawsonville
|
Rusk |
Dates
to the 1870s |
| Lindsey
Springs |
|
One of the oldest logging camps |
| Linwood
|
Cherokee |
Intended
to be a river port |
| Little
Hope |
Wood |
An
active church with a historical marker |
| Lone
Star |
Cherokee |
Not
on the map |
| Los
Adaes |
Louisiana |
Capital
of the Province of Texas, 1721 to 1773 |
| Macedonia |
Marion |
On
Macedonia Road |
| Madras
|
Red
River |
A
church & community center remain |
| Magnolia |
Anderson |
A
cemetery & historical marker remain |
| Manila |
Cherokee |
Close
to Rusk |
| Martha's
Chapel |
Walker |
A
Cemetery remains |
| Marion |
Angelina
|
First
Angelina County seat |
| Millville |
Rusk |
Once
had a bright future |
| Mims
Chapel |
Marion |
A
cemetery & scattered houses |
| Mixon |
Cherokee |
Historic
Churches & cemetery |
| Mount
Sterling |
Nacogdoches |
A
centennial marker and a bridge remain |
| Munz |
Cass |
Destroyed
by a tornado |
| Mutt
and Jeff |
Wood |
Not
on the county map |
| New
Birmingham |
Cherokee |
East Texas Iron |
| Newport |
Walker
|
Centennial
marker on private property |
| Nigton |
Trinity |
Settled
by former slaves |
| North
Chapel |
Gregg |
A
church building remains |
| Oak
Flats |
Rusk |
Historic
cemetery & church |
| Oakland |
Houston
|
Historical
marker |
| Old
Carolina |
Walker |
On
the Trinity River |
| Old
Waverly |
San
Jacinto |
A
ghost town with resident ghosts |
| Olive |
Hardin |
A
sawmill ghost town with a ghost train |
| Ollie |
Polk |
Formerly
Rice |
| Omega |
Gregg |
Once
in Upshur County |
| Paul's
Store |
Shelby |
Named
after William Paul |
| Peach
Tree Village |
Tyler |
Once
Alabama and Coushatta settlement |
| Pennington
|
Trinity |
Former
County Seat |
| Philistine |
Angelina
|
Neches
River bottomlands |
| Pickens
|
Henderson |
A
ghost church remains |
| Pine
Town |
Cherokee |
Moved
to Maydelle. Not on the map |
| Pleasant
Hill |
|
|
| Pluck
|
Polk |
Once
a sawill town |
| Pone |
Rusk
|
A
cemetery remains |
| Prairie
Point |
Houston |
Only
a cemetery remains |
| Presley
|
Titus |
Not
on the map |
| Providence
|
Anderson |
Not
on the map |
| Pylas
|
Rusk |
Once
had a post office |
| Quicksand |
Newton |
Former
county seat |
| Rambo |
Cass |
Not
the movie |
| Ratcliff |
Houston |
Four
C Mill ruins & historical marker |
| Red
Rock |
Upshur |
Remembered
by vintage maps |
| Remlig
|
Jasper |
Once
a lumbermill town |
| Rosalie |
Red
River |
A
church, cemetery and a community center |
| |
|
With
two historical markers |
| Sabine |
(Gulf
Coast) |
South
of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park |
| Sabinetown |
Sabine |
Once-prosperous
river town. Now submerged |
| Savannah |
Red
River |
A
church & cemetery remained |
| Saxet |
Shelby |
Texas’
only palindrome ghost town |
| Science
Hill |
Henderson |
Once
an education center. A cemetery remains |
| Scrap |
Red
River |
A ghost town in northeast Texas |
| Security |
Montgomery |
Once
a timber town |
| Setag |
Polk |
Once
leased to operate a silica plant |
|
Shacklefoot |
Sabine |
Built
by Jean Laffite |
| Snow
Town |
San
Jacinto |
Today
a lot of what was Snow Town is supposedly called Oakhurst |
| Soda |
Polk |
Cemetery
& church remain |
| Spivey |
Shelby |
Historical
marker marks the site |
| Stormville |
Wood |
W
of Lake Fork Reservoir |
| Sumpter
|
Trinity |
First
Trinity County seat |
| Swartwout
|
Polk |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Tallys
|
Harrison |
Not
on the map |
| Tarrant
|
Hopkins |
The
first Hopkins County seat |
| Tecula |
Cherokee |
Settled
before the Civil War |
| Teneryville |
Gregg
|
Absorbed
into Longview |
|
Thedford |
Smith |
Not
shown on State Map |
| Time |
Sabine |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Tinrag |
Hopkins |
Started
as a flag stop on the railroad |
| Town
Bluff |
Tyler |
Almost
a Houston |
| Troy
|
Freestone
|
A ghost town on the Trinity River |
| Turpentine |
Jasper |
Once
a turpentine camp and distillery |
| Tuscaloosa |
Walker |
On
the Trinity River |
| Urbana |
San
Jacinto |
On
the Trinity River |
| Utica |
Smith |
Close
to Tyler |
| Vessey
|
Red
River |
Remembered
by a postmark |
| Viola |
Cass |
Already
a ghost before the Great Depression |
| Waldrop |
Panola |
Settled
sometime after the Civil War |
| Waneta |
Houston |
A
schoolhouse and historical marker remain |
| Watson |
Red
River |
Not
on the map |
| Waverly
- See Old Waverly |
| Weldon
|
Houston |
Not
shown on State Map |
| Wiergate |
Newton |
A
sawmill ghost town |
| Who'd
Thought It |
Hopkins |
A
forgotten community with an unforgettable name |
| Yero
|
Walker |
A
cemetery remains |
| Zana |
San
Augustine |
A
submerged ghost town |
| Zavala |
Jasper |
On
Jasper County's records as late as 1878 |
| Zeirath |
Jasper |
Not
on the map |
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