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Texas Ghost
Town
RONDA, TEXAS
Wilbarger County,
Texas Panhandle
Ronda was on Farm Road 2326
10 miles SE of Harrold
Less than 40 miles West of Wichita
Falls
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Rhonda was settled in the early 1880s, and a cemetery gate shows that
it was there by 1881.
Census figures are hard to come by, but there were about 75 Rondans
living there when the school opened in 1893.
A post office opened in 1889 but moved to Harrold in 1907. Likewise,
the Ronda school consolidated with the Harrold school in 1929.
Today nothing remains of the town but the Ronda Cemetery.
The Rhonda cemetery is one of the many "haunted cemeteries" featured
in Olyve Hallmark Abbott's Ghosts
in the Graveyard. |
Ronda, Texas
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Ghost Town
of Rhonda, Texas
Dear Texas Escapes,
I used to live about one mile from the townsite of Rhonda. It is
actually six miles due south of Harrold, Texas. The only thing left
are several foundations as well as a huge brick- lined cistern about
300 yards south of the former townsite. I assume this was the source
for drinking water for the town. The site is now on private property.
If anyone is interested in Rhonda, Texas, they can get in touch
with me and I can provide additional information. You may include
my e-mail address: Aquanino@aol.com - Glenn Collier, Iowa Park,
Texas, September 3, 2006
Anyone wishing to share history, stories or photos of the former
town of Ronda, Texas, please contact
us.
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