North Texas and South Central Texas Ghost Towns. (original) (raw)
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Erath
A ghost town with ghosts
Bell
Submerged under Lake Belton
Bell
Once upon a time ...
Dallas
Absorbed by Dallas
Denton
Fascinating history
Hill
Near Ash Creek
Navarro
Not on County Map
Johnson
Not on the map
Comanche
Near Comanche
Montague
Population: 34
Tarrant
First Tarrant County seat
Navarro
The Birdston Cemetery remains
Bell
Under Lake Belton
Blanton 5-1-20
Hill
Population 8, with cemetery
Johnson
Cemetery & church remains
Ellis
Threatened by the supercollider project
Bosque
With a bridge
Bell
Submerged under Lake Belton
Johnson
Former county seat
Collin
First Collin County seat
Falls
Historical Marker
Ellis
West of Waxahachie
Fannin
Everybody's favorite place name
Cooke
South of the Red River
Young
Population: 0
Clay
Early Clay County seat
Hamilton
Ghost town with a post office
Parker
Established around a flourmill
Coryell
Not on the map
Erath
A cemetery and a Masonic lodge
Collin
Not on the Texas Official Travel Map
Clinton 10-5-21
Hunt
Historic cemetery
Kaufman
One of the county's oldest communities
Comanche
Once known as Theney
Comanche
Former Comanche County Seat
Cottage Hill 6-4-20
Collin
Historic church & cemetery
Gonzales
Not on the county map
Bell
Now part of Fort Hood
Navarro
Named after a creek
Cooke
Named after George Armstrong Custer
Clay
All signs point to Deer Creek
Cooke
Not on the Texas Official Travel Map
Tarrant
Bypassed by the railroad - again
Lamar
Near Paris
Donahoe 8-29-20
Bell
Flowers For Sarah Herndon
Coryell
Now part of Fort Hood
Denton
Bypass by the railroad
Collin
Now part of Frisco
Jack
The end of Finis
Hood
Settled in 1849
Bosque
Name changed to Steiner
Collin
A standpipe remains
Clay
History unknown
McLennan
Church and cemetery remain
Jack
Once a commercial center for three Counties
Lamar
Near Paris
Delta
Remembered with a historical marker
Grayson
Under Lake Texoma
Clay
Submerged Ghost Town
Denton
A Ghost Town That Isn�t
Cooke
Tornado
Somervell
Now Under Squaw Creek Lake
Coryell
Now on the grounds of Fort Hood
Montague
Close to Oklahoma
Ellis
Remembered by settlers' descendants
Hamilton
Population 27 with an abandoned schoolhouse
Ireland 5-7-20
Coryell
With a former depot
Tarrant
Near Grapevine
Navarro
Created by the railroad
Erath
A church & cemetery remain
Grayson
Settled by Kentucky emigrants
Kerby 9-10-20
Hill
Remembered with a marker
Bosque
A ghost town in a park by a lake
Dallas
Absorbed by Irving. Cemetery remains
Hamilton
Church and cemetery
Somervell
A cemetery remains
Collin
Historic home & church
Hill
Home of Latham Springs Baptist Encampment
Coryell
On private property
Erath
Population: Est. 100
Hill
Population 12
Van Zandt
Faded into oblivion sometime after 1945
Cooke
Camp Howze took much of the land
Bell
Historic Cemetery & Bridge
Hill
With an unnamed cemetery
Hamilton
On the Lampasas River
Comanche
A cemetery & scattered residences remain
Lamar
Population: 80
Lamar
A centennial marker remains
Denton
Population dispersed
Ellis
Near Waxahachie
Delta
AKA Pecan
Parker
Church & cemetery remain
Bosque
Norwegian Settelment
Dallas
Disappeared from maps in the 1930s.
Dallas
Annexed by Dallas
Limestone
Not far from Waco
Hamilton
On Plum Creek
Bell
Near Killeen
Coryell
Not on the map
Falls
Once over 1,000 residents
Ellis
Population 0
Lamar
Remembered by a road sign
Coryell
It's about mail
Navarro
Not on the map
Falls
Near Waco
Limestone
Historical Marker & cemetery
Ellis
Not on the map
Parker
A cemetery
Grayson
Submerged under Lake Texoma
Lamar
With an old cemetery
Montague
One of Texas' early ghost towns
Collin
A cemetery
Coryell
Absorbed by Fort Hood
Searsville TE's 1000th ghost town
Bosque/McLennan
A church remains
Bell
Population 0
Van Zandt
Once a stop for the T & P Railroad
Comanche
"Little girl, age 3 died 1870, moving west."
Coryell
Schoolhouse & cemetery remain
Tarrant
Absorbed into North Richland Hills
Dallas
Absorbed by Irving. Cemetery remains
Montague
Close to Oklahoma
Bell
Submerged under Lake Belton
Limestone
Now within a state historic site
Limestone
A cemetery
Bosque
A ferry once operated near here
Freestone
With two historical landmarks
Denton
Settled in the late 1850s
Freestone
Population declined after WWII
Bell
A church still stands
Comanche
On the 1907 postal map
Coryell
Absorbed by Fort Hood
Bell
On the 1907 postal map
Coryell
Absorbed by Fort Hood
Tarrant
An absorbed ghost town
Lamar
Near Paris
Coryell
Near Temple
Erath
Texas' premier ghost town
Grayson
Now part of Collinsville
Parker
Formerly known as Ray School Community
Hill
Submerged under Lake Whitney
Johnson
Found in vintage map
Dallas
Absorbed by Irving. A bridge remains
Dallas
Absorbed by Irving.
Johnson
Former county seat
White Hall 7-16-20
Coryell
Not on the map
Parker
Once home to 500