Texas
Panhandle Ghost Towns Travel Guide |
| TOWN | COUNTY | Description |
| Acuff | Lubbock
| Not
on the state map |
| Admiral
2-15-09 | Callahan
| A
cemetery remains, and historical markers |
| Adobe
Walls | Hutchinson | Site
of the Battles of Adobe Walls |
| Acme | Hardeman | Population
14 |
| Afton | Dickens | Population
50 |
| Afton | Fisher | All
that’s left is the Afton cemetery |
| Alcino | Floyd
| Near
Floydada |
| Allred
| Yoakum | Late-blooming
ghost town |
| Antioch | Stonewall | Became
Oriana |
| Ayr | Deaf
Smith | A
brief life-span of five years |
| Back
City | Gray
| 1927
Back No. 1 Oil and Gas Gusher site |
| Bautista | Moore | Not
on the map |
| Belle
Plain 3-12-09 | Callahan
| AKA
Phantom U |
| Ben
Ficklin | Tom
Green | County
seat rivalry decided by a flood |
| Benoit | Runnels | Still
on the county map |
| Bippus | Deaf
Smith | Near
New Mexico state line |
| Blue
Gap | Runnels | AKA
Norwood |
| Boise | Oldham | Just
south of I-40, formerly Route 66 |
| Bomarton | Baylor | With
a church |
| Bradshaw
3-31-07 | Taylor | Population
61 |
| Bridgetown | Wichita | Near
Wichita Falls |
| Bronco | Yoakum | Ghost
town with a watering hole |
| Bullock
10-14-07 | Young | Population
0 |
| Bunker
Hill | Dallam
| Not
on the map |
| Burkett
4-14-08 | Coleman | Population
30 |
| Callahan
City 3-11-09 | Callahan
| Almost
the county seat |
| Champion
12-28-07 | Nolan | Population
8 |
| Clairemont | Kent | Former
Kent County seat with a courthouse & jail |
| Clara | Wichita
| A
cemetery full of Iris |
| Caddo | Stephens |
Located on a former Caddo Indian campsite |
| Codman | Roberts
| On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Coldwater | Sherman | Former
county seat of Sherman County |
| Content | Runnels | AKA
Tokeen |
| Conway
8-11-09 | Carson | On
Route 66 |
| Crews | Runnels | Population
25 |
| Cuthbert
10-6-06 | Mitchell
| Near
the Abrams No. 1 oil well |
| Cuyler
| Carson | On
the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |
| Damsite | Hardeman | Not
even on the county map |
| Desdemona | Eastland | A
boom town ghost town |
| Doan's
Crossing | Wilbarger
| The
Friendliest Red River Dog |
| Dozier
| Collingsworth
| Near
the Salt Fork of the Red River |
| Drasco | Runnels | Close
to the Taylor county line |
| Draw | Lynn | "The
store" |
| Dundee
11-4-09
| Archer
| Named
after the city in Scotland |
| Dunlap
1-25-09 | Cottle | Town
began with the splitting up of OX Ranch |
| Echo
| Coleman
| Not
on the state map |
| Edith | Coke
| Only
Edith Cemetery remains |
| Eliasville
2-25-09 | Young
| A
ghost town with a burned flour mill |
| Eldridge | Gray
| First
Cemetery in Gray County 1888-89 |
| Electric
City | Hutchinson | Furnish
electricity to the oil fields |
| Elmdale
7-30-09 | Taylor | Within
Abilene city limit |
| Emma
8-12-07 | Crosby | Former
Crosby County seat |
| Eskota | Fisher
| A
ghost town with an annual Homecoming |
| Espuela
8-7-09 | Dickens | Only
a cemetery remains |
| Estacado
8-5-09 | Lubbock | With
a cotton gin |
| Fort
Griffin 3-3-08 | Shackelford
| AKA
The Flat, one of Texas’ most lawless towns |
| Fort
Phantom Hill 11-29-07 | Jones | Built
in the 1850s |
| Fry | Brown | Population
0 |
| Gasoline | Briscoe | The
cotton gin burned |
| Gewhitt | Hutchinson | Near
County seat Stinnett |
| Glazier
8-13-09 | Hemphill | A
cattle and grain shipping point |
| Glenrio | Deaf
Smith | The
last Texas stop heading West on Route 66 |
| Goodnight
| Armstrong | Home
town of "Hud" |
| Gooseneck | Young
| A
Cemetery |
| Gray
Mule | Floyd | On
the Quitaque Canyon Trail |
| Hatchel | Runnels | Population
16 |
| Iatan
1-18-08 | Mitchell
| A
Cemetery |
| Isom | Hutchinson | Absorbed
by Borger |
| Janes | Bailey
| Near
Muleshoe |
| Jean
| Young
| Named
after ... |
| Jeffry | Hutchinson | Near
Adobe Walls |
| Jericho | Donley
| Home
of "Jericho Gap" of Route 66 Fame |
| Jimkurn | Jimkurn | Oil
boom ghost town |
| Justiceburg | Garza
| Near
Post and Snyder |
| Kerrick | Dallam
| On
the Oklahoma State line |
| Key | Dawson
| East
of Lamesa |
| Kinckerbocker
| Tom
Green | Once
second only to San Angelo
|
| King's
Mill | Gray
| Near
Pampa |
| La
Casa 8-1-08 | Stephens | Population
unknown |
| Lakeview
3-29-07 | Lynn
| Population
unknown |
| Laketon | Gray
| Near
Pampa |
| Landergin
8-5-06 | Oldham | Not
on the map |
| Leaday | Coleman | Displaced
by Lake Ivie |
| Lesley | Hall | Not
on the map |
| Lipscomb | Lipscomb | Lipscomb
County seat |
| Lone
Wolf 6-19-08 | Tom
Green | Absorbed
by San Angelo |
| Loveless | Concho | "Southeast
of Eden" |
| Lutie
2-26-09 | Collingsworth
| Began
as part of Rocking Chair Ranch |
| Mankins
5-9-09 | Archer | Once
home to a wild west circus |
| Maple
3-9-09 | Bailey | With
a Cotton Gin Coop |
| Margaret
4-19-09 | Foard | First
Hardeman County seat |
| Marie | Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Masterson | Moore | Not
on the map. Near Lake Meredith |
| Maverick
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| McLean
POW Camp | Gray
| A
ghost community |
| Medicine
Mound 8-7-06 | Hardeman | |
| Mesquite
| Borden
| NOT
the Mesquite in Dallas County |
| Middle
Water | Hartley
| Division
of the XIT Ranch |
| Middlewell | Moore | Not
on the map |
| Mingus
5-7-06 | Palo
Pinto | Born
with the arrival of the railroad |
| Mobeetie
| Wheeler
| "Hard-luck
Capital of the Panhandle." |
| Mount
Blanco 8-12-09 | Crosby | First
permanent homestead in Panhandle South Plains |
| Mozelle
| Coleman |
A ghost town with a high school |
| New
Moore | Lynn | No
longer on the map |
| Norton | Runnels | Population
96 |
| Nubia | Taylor | Population:
Unknown |
| Odell
6-1-07 | Wilbarger
| Near
the county seat |
| Ogden | Cottle | Population
0 |
| Old
Pease City 10-5-09 | Foard | Town
site historical marker remains |
| Olfen
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Olga | Nolan | On
Coke and Nolan county line |
| Opdyke | Hockley
| Started
in 1925 |
| Oriana
2-16-07 | Stonewall | Home
of the Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge |
| Otis
Chalk | Howard | Once
a boom town |
| Oxien
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Pansy | Crosby | Not
on the map |
| Parmerton
3-5-09
|
Parmer | Former
Parmer County seat |
| Perico | Dallam
| Once
the shipping point for the XIT Ranch |
| Phillips | Hutchinson | Obliterated
by the 1980 explosion |
| Picketville
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Plemons
6-22-09 | Hutchinson | First
Hutchinson County seat |
| Pumphrey
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Ramsdell | Wheeler
| Site
of first area telephone system. N of Route 66 |
| Rayner
| Stonewall | The
first Stonewall County Seat |
| Rock
Crusher | Coleman | A
missed chance of the ultimate team name |
| Rockledge | Donley
| Two
murders and a bank robbery |
| Ronda | Wilbarger
| Ronda
Cemetery |
| Rowe
2-14-09 | Donley
| Rowe
Cemetery |
| Roxana | Carson | Oil
boom town |
| Runnels
City
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Runningwater
| Hale
| Bypassed
by the railroad |
| Sanco
2-24-09 | Coke | Named
for a Comanche chief |
| Scherz | Tom
Green | Near
San Angelo |
| Shafter
Lake 2-18-08 | Andrews | Lost
the “county-seat war” |
| Shep
5-11-07 | Taylor | Not
on the map |
| Silver
Valley | Coleman | Alongside
the Pecos and Northern |
| Sligo | Yoakum
| Not
on the map |
| Soash
1-17-09 | Howard | Not
on the map |
| South
Bend | Young
| Ghost
spa |
| Spade | Mitchell
| Near
Big Spring |
| Sunshine
Hill | Wichita
| Highest
elevation in Wichita County |
| Swearingen | Cottle | A
cemetery shown on detailed county maps |
| Swedonia | Fisher | A
Swedish ghost town |
| Swenson | Stonewall | Population:
135 |
| Talpa
| Coleman | Close
to Ballinger |
| Tampico | Hall | Named
after Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Tascosa | Oldham | Home
of Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch today |
| The
Flat 3-3-08 | Shackelford
| AKA
Fort Griffin, one of Texas’ most lawless towns |
| Thrift | Wichita
| A
Red River Ghost Town |
| Tokio
| Terry | Sort
of between Big Spring and Lubbock |
| Trickham | Coleman
| The
Oldest Town in Coleman County |
| Truitt
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Truscott | Knox | Once
named China Lake |
| Valera | Coleman | Once
a ranch |
| Valley
View
8-25-09 | Cottle
| Not
on the map |
| Valley
View
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| Vigo
Park | Swisher
| Named
after Vigo & Parke counties in Indiana |
| Verbena | Garza | Not
on the county map |
| Virginia
City 1-31-09 | Bailey | Aspired
to be the county seat |
| Voss
| Coleman | Hometown
of Representative Bob Turner |
| Walthall
| Runnels | Only
the cemetery remains |
| Washburn
8-5-06
| Armstrong | Almost
the county seat |
| Wastella | Nolan | No
cemetery |
| Wayside | Armstrong | Founded
as a rural school district |
| Whiteflat | Motley | Originally
a Matador Ranch line camp |
| Whittenburg | Hutchinson | Now
part of present-day Phillips, Texas |
| Whon | Coleman | Touched
by a ranch hand |
| Wilmet
| Runnels | Not
on the map |
| More
to come. Check back soon. |
