Bartonsite, Texas, Hale County ghost town. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

This short-lived town waited for a railroad that never arrived. In 1907 the town was laid out in anticipation of a Santa Fe extention from Plainview to Lubbock. The would-be town was on land donated by the Barton Ranch.

Although it accumulated about 250 people and had a post office granted, when the proposed route was cancelled people drifted away and buildings were said to have been moved to Abernathy. A few people held out until 1921 when the post office closed its doors.

Hale County 1920s map Bartonsite
(SW of Hale Center)
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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