East Texas Ghost Towns. (original) (raw)
Description
Angelina/Polk/Tyler
A "wandering post office."
Shelby
Formed by former slaves
Houston
Only the Centennial marker remains
Jasper
A sawmill ghost town
Houston
Founded by freed slaves
Polk
Once a lumber town
Cherokee
Settled before the Civil War
Houston
Site of the Edens-Madden Massacre
Harrison
No road sign
Walker
AKA Kelly's Switch
Walker
AKA Possum Walk
Hardin
An early oilpatch town
Henderson
A schoolhouse as a community center
Sabine
A submerged ghost town
Henderson
A church & cemetery remain
Newton
Once a thriving port
Panola
On the Texas/Lousiana state line
Anderson
NW of Palestine
Jasper
On the Neches River basin
Hopkins
Once known as Lone Star
San Augustine
Not on the county map
Cass
The spring dried up
Anderson
Little is known
Jasper
A sawmill town
Upshur
Population 20
Hardin
Ghost town with a ghost road
Shelby
Home town of movie star Ann Miller's mother
Shelby
Once called �Buck Snort�
Henderson
First Henderson County seat
Cherokee
A predominantly black community
Smith
A failed Methodist experiment
San Jacinto
No longer on the US Geological Survey list
Upshur
One of Upshur County's earliest communities
Henderson
Near Athens
Camden aka Walling�s Ferry
Gregg
One of the earliest communities in Gregg County
Nacogdoches
Once a sawmill town
Henderson
A historic church & cemetery remain
Panola
Population: Between Zero and Unknown
Camp
Near Pittsburg
Henderson
Second Henederson County seat
Angelina
A Two Family Town
Rusk
A rural cemetery today
San Augustine
A cemetery remains
Walker
On the Trinity River
Nacogdoches
Close to Nacogdoches
Upshur
Once a travel destination
Wood
Near coal and oilfield
Houston
Only historical markers remain
Marion
Two Miles from Jefferson
Angelina
A wet ghost town in East Texas
Walker
WWII German POW camp
Cherokee
With a historic church
Bowie
Grew areound a medicinal spring
Polk
Historic log house with cemetery
Anderson
Close to Palestine
Gregg
A cemetery & church remain
Nacogdoches
A dispersed community
Cherokee
Not on the map
Walker
Appeared in early 20th century maps
Hopkins
Population 0
Houston
Established in the mid-1880s
Wood
Population 0
Cherokee
A church and cemetery
Houston
Population 0
Tyler
A cemetery remains
Angelina
With a mystery
Franklin
Found only on county map
San Jacinto
A church & Magnolia Cemetery
Bowie
Settled under the Republic of Texas
Sabine
Today a well-kept graveyard and a church
Walker
A cemetery remains
Newton
Not on the map
Newton
Once a sawmill town
Cherokee
"A beautiful logging camp."
Gregg
Not on the map
Anderson
Near Palestine
Montgomery
A cemetery remains
Montgomery
Once a prosperous saw mill town
Polk
Inundated by Lake Livingston
Sabine
Oldest continuously occupied town in East Texas
Cherokee
AKA Ghent. On Gent Mountain
Trinity
Once a lumber town with orchards
Cherokee
North of Rusk
Panola
Once a ferry town
Franklin
A cemetery remains
Gregg
Absorbed into Longview
Cherokee
Centennial marker & cemetery remains
Hardin
Not on the map
Houston
Historical marker remains
Polk
Once essentially a racetrack
Hardin
First Hardin County seat
Polk
Near Bear Creek
Shelby
Built around 1913 for lumber production
Cherokee
AKA Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's
Smith
Texas largest magnolia tree
Upshur
Dropped from county maps by 1936
Anderson
Named for Ioni Indians
Gregg
Not on the map
San Augustine
Not on the highway map
Rusk
Once had a post office
Cherokee
Moved to Maydelle
Red River
Once Arkansas' Miller County seat
Angelina
Second Angelina County seat
Marion
Site of Kelly Foundry, Furnace, and Plow Co.
Upshur
Mormon colony
Polk
Named for a clothing retailer in Houston
Anderson
Relocated to Frankston
Red River
Dates from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory
Larissa 1-20-20
Cherokee
Near the site of the Killough Massacre
Rusk
Dates to the 1870s
One of the oldest logging camps
Cherokee
Intended to be a river port
Wood
An active church with a historical marker
Cherokee
Not on the map
Louisiana
Capital of the Province of Texas, 1721 to 1773
Marion
On Macedonia Road
Red River
A church & community center remain
Anderson
A cemetery & historical marker remain
Cherokee
Close to Rusk
Walker
A Cemetery remains
Angelina
First Angelina County seat
Rusk
Once had a bright future
Marion
A cemetery & scattered houses
Cherokee
Historic Churches & cemetery
Nacogdoches
A centennial marker and a bridge remain
Cass
Destroyed by a tornado
Wood
Not on the county map
Cherokee
East Texas Iron
Walker
Centennial marker on private property
Trinity
Settled by former slaves
Gregg
A church building remains
Rusk
Historic cemetery & church
Houston
Historical marker
Walker
On the Trinity River
San Jacinto
A ghost town with resident ghosts
Hardin
A sawmill ghost town with a ghost train
Polk
Formerly Rice
Gregg
Once in Upshur County
Shelby
Named after William Paul
Tyler
Once Alabama and Coushatta settlement
Trinity
Former County Seat
Angelina
Neches River bottomlands
Henderson
A ghost church remains
Cherokee
Moved to Maydelle. Not on the map
Polk
Once a sawill town
Rusk
A cemetery remains
Houston
Only a cemetery remains
Titus
Not on the map
Anderson
Not on the map
Rusk
Once had a post office
Newton
Former county seat
Cass
Not the movie
Houston
Four C Mill ruins & historical marker
Upshur
Remembered by vintage maps
Jasper
Once a lumbermill town
Red River
A church, cemetery and a community center
With two historical markers
(Gulf Coast)
South of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park
Sabine
Once-prosperous river town. Now submerged
Red River
A church & cemetery remained
Shelby
Texas� only palindrome ghost town
Henderson
Once an education center. A cemetery remains
Red River
A ghost town in northeast Texas
Montgomery
Once a timber town
Polk
Once leased to operate a silica plant
Sabine
Built by Jean Laffite
San Jacinto
Today a lot of what was Snow Town is supposedly called Oakhurst
Polk
Cemetery & church remain
Shelby
Historical marker marks the site
Wood
W of Lake Fork Reservoir
Trinity
First Trinity County seat
Polk
A submerged ghost town
Harrison
Not on the map
Hopkins
The first Hopkins County seat
Cherokee
Settled before the Civil War
Gregg
Absorbed into Longview
Smith
Not shown on State Map
Sabine
A submerged ghost town
Hopkins
Started as a flag stop on the railroad
Tyler
Almost a Houston
Freestone
A ghost town on the Trinity River
Jasper
Once a turpentine camp and distillery
Walker
On the Trinity River
San Jacinto
On the Trinity River
Smith
Close to Tyler
Red River
Remembered by a postmark
Cass
Already a ghost before the Great Depression
Panola
Settled sometime after the Civil War
Houston
A schoolhouse and historical marker remain
Red River
Not on the map
Waverly - See Old Waverly
Houston
Not shown on State Map
Newton
A sawmill ghost town
Hopkins
A forgotten community with an unforgettable name
Walker
A cemetery remains
San Augustine
A submerged ghost town
Jasper
On Jasper County's records as late as 1878
Jasper
Not on the map