East
Texas Ghost Towns Travel Guide |
TOWN
| COUNTY | Description |
| Acol | Angelina
| A
"wandering post office." |
| Atoy
12-1-05
| Cherokee
| Settled
before the Civil War |
| Baxter | Henderson | Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Bevilport | Jasper | On
the Neches River basin |
| Black
Ankle | San
Augustine | Not
on the county map |
| Bogus
Springs | Cass | The
spring dried up |
| Bois
D'Arc | Anderson | Little
is known |
| Bonami | Jasper | A
sawmill town |
| Brooklyn | Shelby | Home
town of movie star Ann Miller's mother |
| Buena
Vista 7-21-08 | Shelby | Once
called “Buck Snort” |
| Buffalo
6-7-06 | Henderson | First
Henederson County seat |
| Bulah
12-13-05 | Cherokee
| A
predominantly black community |
| Burning
Bush 10-1-08 | Smith | A
failed Methodist experiment |
| Byspot | San
Jacinto | No
longer on the US Geological Survey list |
| Catfish | Henderson | Near
Athens |
| Center
Point | Camp | Near
Pittsburg |
| Centerville
6-7-06 | Henderson | Second
Henederson County seat |
| Cheeseland
12-1-06 | Angelina
| A
Two Family Town |
| Coffeeville | Upshur | Once
a travel destination |
| Coke | Wood | Near
coal and oilfield |
| Comet | Marion | Two
Miles from Jefferson |
| Concord | Angelina
|
A wet ghost town in East Texas |
| Denmark | Anderson | Close
to Palestine |
| Dialville
12-1-05
| Cherokee
| Not
on the map |
| Dillon | Hopkins | Population
0 |
| Drusilla | Wood | Population
0 |
| Earle’s
Chapel | Cherokee
| A
church and cemetery |
| Eliza | Houston | Population
0 |
| Emporia
3-29-07 | Angelina
| With
a mystery |
| Fairmount
8-27-07 | Sabine
| Today
a well-kept graveyard and a church |
| Fastrill | Cherokee
| "A
beautiful logging camp." |
| Fort
Houston | Anderson |
Near Palestine |
| Fostoria
8-1-07 | Montgomery | Once
a prosperous saw mill town |
| Geneva
11-27-06 | Sabine
| Oldest
continuously occupied town in East Texas |
| Gent
| Cherokee
| AKA
Ghent. On Gent Mountain |
| Gould
10-30-07 | Cherokee
| North
of Rusk |
| Holcomb
Store 12-1-05 | Cherokee
| AKA
Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's |
| Hopewell | Smith | Texas
largest magnolia tree |
| Iron
Bridge | Gregg | Not
on the map |
| Ironosa | San
Augustine | Not
on the highway map |
| Java | Cherokee | Moved
to Maydelle |
| Jonesboro | Red
River | Once
Arkansas' Miller County seat |
| Jonesville
7-21-08 | Angelina
| Second
Angelina County seat |
| Kelsey | Upshur | Mormon
colony |
| Kiam | Polk | Named
for a clothing retailer in Houston |
| Kiomatia
5-1-07 | Red
River | Dates
from 1816 as part of Arkansas Territory |
| Larissa | Cherokee | Near
the site of the Killough Massacre |
| Lindsey
Springs | |
One of the oldest logging camps |
| Little
Hope | Wood | An
active church with a historical marker |
| Lone
Star 12-1-05 | Cherokee | Not
on the map |
| Manila | Cherokee | Close
to Rusk |
| Mixon
12-2-05 | Cherokee | Not
on the map |
| Mutt
and Jeff | Wood | Not
on the county map |
| New
Birmingham | Cherokee |
East Texas Iron |
| Old
Waverly 10-22-08 | Walker | A
ghost town with resident ghosts |
| Olive
7-3-06 | Hardin | A
sawmill ghost town with a ghost train |
| Pickens | Henderson | Near
Athens. Not on the map |
| Pine
Town | Cherokee | Moved
to Maydelle. Not on the map |
| Pleasant
Hill 4-1-07 | | |
| Presley
| Titus | Not
on the map |
| Providence
6-6-06
| Anderson | Not
on the map |
| Rambo | Cass | Not
the movie |
| Ratcliff | Houston | With
two historical markers |
| Sabine | (Gulf
Coast) | South
of Sabine Pass Battleground State Park |
| Scrap | Red
River |
A ghost town in northeast Texas |
| Shacklefoot | Sabine | Built
by Jean Laffite |
| Swartwout
| Polk | A
submerged ghost town |
| Tallys | Harrison | Not
on the map |
| Tecula | Cherokee | Settled
before the Civil War |
| Town
Bluff | Tyler | Almost
a Houston |
| Troy
| Freestone
|
A ghost town on the Trinity River |
| Turpentine | Jasper | Once
a turpentine camp and distillery |
| Utica | Smith | Close
to Tyler |
| Watson | Red
River | Not
on the map |
| Weldon
8-9-06 | Houston | Not
shown on State Map |
| Wiergate | Newton | A
sawmill ghost town |
| Who'd
Thought It | Hopkins | A
forgotten community with an unforgettable name |
| Zana | San
Augustine | A
submerged ghost town |
| Zavala
| Jasper | On
Jasper County's records as late as 1878 |
| Zeirath | Jasper | Not
on the map |
