West Texas Ghost Town travel guide: history, old & new photos, vintage maps, hotels and more. (original) (raw)
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Hudspeth
Near Sierra Blanca
Presidio
A borderland ghost town
Alamito 6-12-21
Presidio
Legendary "Road to Topolabampo" passed through Alamito
Reeves
An old town sign remains
Irion
Population 1
Reeves
Population 0
Ector
Close to Odessa
Pecos
Born with the oil boom
Reagan
"The town with the Best name in the world and the Worst reputation."
Brewster
On the Rio Grande
Culberson
Nothing Left but the Cemetery
Presidio
Housing for mercury miners
Presidio
A ghost town on the Rio Grande
Presidio
Nothing in the middle of Nowhere
Brewster
On the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Terrell
Photogenic
Jeff Davis
A ghost town south of Chispa Mountain
Winkler
Originally part of W. F. Scarborough Ranch
Val Verde
Under Lake Amistad
Reeves
Close to Pecos
Terrell
Once an important cattle-shipping point
Winkler
An historical marker marks the site
Crockett
Seen in vintage maps
Hudspeth
Population 0
Crockett
Lost county seat to Ozona
Hudspeth
Population 0
Presidio
Fort closed after WWI
Sutton
A centennial marker marks the site
Andrew
Close to Odessa
Culberson
North of Van Horn
Pecos
Ghost town with its own social club
Pecos
Once an oil boom town
Crockett
Seen in a vintage postal map
Pecos
Schoolhouse with historical marker
Ector
Population 0
Val Verde
Just west of the Devil's River
Culberson
Photo opportunities
Glasscock
Reverted to grasslands
Brewster
Population 0
El Paso
Now part of Anthony
Brewster
Ghost town with a resort - on the Rio Grande
Val Verde
The Ghost Town with a Visitor's Center
Glasscock
Not on the state map
Brewster
In Big Bend National Park
Culberson
The ghost town with a swimming pool
Pecos
No daffodils, but lots of cacti
Brewster
A National Register Historic District
Loving
"If "Less is More" then Even Less is Even More."
Reeves
Remains an equipment shipping point
Sutton
On 1907 postal map
Val Verde
(Just) East of the Pecos
Ector
Once an oil boom town
Presidio
Ruins
Culberson
Once had a section house for the railroad
Loving
Absorbed by greater Mentone
Val Verde
A church, a derrick, cactus, cactus and more cactus
Ward
Site of WWII Air Force Station
Ward
A town that never was
Ward
Once an oil boom town
Presidio
On the Rio Grande
Hudspeth
The baren landscape that sparked a feud
Reeves
Struck by a tornado
Presidio
Former silver mine in West Texas
Irion
One of Texas' best former courthouses
Val Verde
Once a railroad track construction camp
Midland
Not on the map
Reagan
Former county seat with a ghost courthouse
Brewster
5 miles east of Terlingua
Brewster
The highest visitor count of Texas ghost towns
Brewster
A railroad siding and a sign remains
Reagan
Santa Rita No.1. Their oil built UT
Winkler
Near Wink. Population 0
Presidio
Built by KCM&O Railroad as a station
Reeves
Ghost town with a "suburb"
Winkler
Near Wink. Population 0
Upton
First Upton County seat
Reeves
Photo opportunities
Val Verde
Historical marker with a scenic overlook
Sutton
Remembered by a historical marker
El Paso
Absorbed by El Paso