Ghost Towns in Texas

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429 ghost towns

3% sit on public land · 71 with a free-licensed photo

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  • National Forest 1
  • National Park Service 4
  • Other federal 4
  • State 4
  • Military, DOE 1
  • Private or unlisted 415
Illustration of a plains landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Texas's ghost towns.

The largest share, 415 of 429, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

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  • National Forest 1
  • National Park Service 4
  • Other federal 4
  • State 4
  • Military, DOE 1
  • Private or unlisted 415

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

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All 429 by county

Anderson County 2

Andrews County 1

Angelina County 16

Aransas County 1

Archer County 2

Atascosa County 4

Austin County 1

Bailey County 1

Bandera County 1

Bastrop County 9

Baylor County 1

Bee County 2

Bell County 8

Bexar County 7

Blanco County 1

Borden County 1

Bosque County 3

Bowie County 2

Brazoria County 2

Brazos County 13

Brewster County 6

Briscoe County 1

Brown County 1

Burnet County 2

Caldwell County 2

Calhoun County 2

Callahan County 2

Cameron County 1

Camp County 1

Cherokee County 9

Childress County 1

Clay County 2

Coke County 4

Coleman County 2

Collin County 4

Colorado County 4

Comal County 2

Comanche County 2

Cooke County 2

Coryell County 3

Cottle County 1

Crockett County 3

Crosby County 2

Culberson County 5

Dallam County 1

Dallas County 3

Deaf Smith County 2

Delta County 2

Denton County 3

Duval County 3

Eastland County 3

Edwards County 1

El Paso County 1

Ellis County 5

Erath County 8

Falls County 1

Fannin County 1

Fayette County 3

Fisher County 2

Fort Bend County 1

Freestone County 1

Frio County 1

Gaines County 1

Garza County 2

Gillespie County 9

Gonzales County 4

Grayson County 1

Gregg County 1

Guadalupe County 2

Hale County 1

Hamilton County 6

Hansford County 1

Hardeman County 2

Hardin County 1

Harris County 1

Haskell County 1

Hays County 1

Henderson County 2

Hidalgo County 1

Hill County 1

Houston County 3

Howard County 1

Hudspeth County 9

Hunt County 1

Hutchinson County 4

Irion County 2

Jack County 1

Jackson County 1

Jasper County 1

Jeff Davis County 1

Jim Wells County 1

Karnes County 1

Kaufman County 1

Kendall County 5

Kent County 1

Kerr County 1

Kimble County 3

La Salle County 1

Lampasas County 2

Lavaca County 2

Liberty County 1

Limestone County 3

Live Oak County 1

Llano County 2

Loving County 2

Lubbock County 3

Lynn County 1

Marion County 2

Mason County 4

McCulloch County 4

McMullen County 1

Medina County 3

Menard County 2

Midland County 1

Milam County 7

Mills County 2

Mitchell County 1

Montague County 4

Montgomery County 1

Motley County 2

Navarro County 1

Newton County 2

Nolan County 2

Oldham County 2

Orange County 2

Panola County 3

Parker County 2

Parmer County 1

Pecos County 2

Polk County 1

Presidio County 9

Reagan County 3

Reeves County 2

Refugio County 1

Robertson County 1

Rusk County 1

San Augustine County 1

San Saba County 2

Shackelford County 1

Smith County 4

Starr County 1

Stephens County 2

Stonewall County 1

Sutton County 2

Tarrant County 2

Taylor County 2

Terrell County 2

Terry County 1

Tom Green County 2

Travis County 2

Trinity County 2

Tyler County 1

Upshur County 2

Upton County 1

Uvalde County 1

Val Verde County 4

Van Zandt County 4

Walker County 1

Ward County 1

Washington County 5

Webb County 6

Wharton County 7

Wilbarger County 1

Wilson County 13

Winkler County 1

Wise County 3

Wood County 2

Young County 2

County not recorded 1

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