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BALCH, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Hockley/Lubbock County, Texas Panhandle
Highway 62/82
1 Mile S of the Lubbock county line
SE of Levelland
SW of Lubbock
Population: 0

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History in a Pecan Shell

The settlement was named to honor A. P. Balch, a director of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway railroad. Settlement never materialized although the railroad stop became a popular shipping point for area farmers. The only signs of civilization today are a few vacant buildings and the towering grain elevator.

1940s Hockley County map
(Balch is shown in Lubbock County)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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