Atlee, Texas, La Salle County ghost town. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Atlee was founded sometime in the 1880s as a stop on the International-Great Northern Railroad shortly after it built through La Salle County. It never developed into much more than a small cluster of houses around the IGN depot, but it did manage to appear on maps as late as 1980.

1920s map showing Atlee in SW La Salle County near Webb County line
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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