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Texas Ghost
Town
Runnels City, TEXAS
Runnels County,
Panhandle / West Texas |
Runnels
City, or Old Runnels, is a ghost town five miles north of Ballinger
in Runnels County. It was designated the county seat when the county
was organized in 1880.
Its population was 250 in 1882, but the Santa Fe Railroad bypassed
the town in 1886. When the railroad offered residents building sites
and a general relocation of buildings in Ballinger, people in Runnels
City accepted, and in 1887 Ballinger became the county seat.
By 1947 a rock hut and a ruined two-story rock building were the only
remnants of Runnels City.
From "Eighteen
Ghost Towns of Runnels County" by Alton O'Neil Jr. |
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