Forgotten Boomtowns: Texas Ghost Towns List

(Mix 93-1) Texas has been around for a very long time. Throughout its storied history, Texas has seen a lot of development and a lot of decay as well.

Communities, towns, and cities seemed to pop up overnight and dotted the landscape as railroads expanded westward in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

With the westward expansion came new mining opportunities and eventually the discovery of oil.

How These Texas Towns Boomed and Busted

The oil boom of the 1930s brought even more life to these growing communities and towns seemingly overnight and turning them into cities.

These industries, in addition to lumber and more, sustained life in many of these bustling baby cities throughout Texas.

However, over time, industries change, life changes, and the face of these population centers changes as well.

Over time, there are just a few residents left in these once-thriving commercial centers, along with some old buildings, remnants of roadways, and other signs that life once happened there.

These former Texas boom towns are now just a distant memory for most of us, but they live on in the historical archives of the county where they once thrived.

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Abandoned and alone, these ghost towns are now being reclaimed by Mother Nature. You can visit them still, but there's not much left to see or do; they're just a shell of what used to be.

East Texas is no stranger to ghost towns; we have plenty scattered throughout the area. While these towns may be gone, their names still live on via street names and highways that run through East Texas.

I discovered a video on YouTube from Beyond Civilization (Xplore RC) that features ten ghost towns that were once thriving towns in Texas.

What’s Left of These Ghost Towns Today

The video gives us a bit of history behind each of the ghost towns. Let's take a scroll through and see what the producers of this video think about these former Texas towns.

An Amazing Look At 10 Texas Ghost Towns That Once Stood Proud

These Texas towns once boasted a healthy population with a thriving economy, but along the way, something drastic happened within the town causing its population decline and slow death and eventually becoming a Texas ghost town.'

If you do go on an adventure and seek out these ghost towns, please do it safely. If you go on a journey into the woods please have the landowner's permission to do so or you could be prosecuted for trespassing. Above all, be careful, courteous, and inquisitive.

Gallery Credit: Beyond Civilization (Xplore RC) via YouTube

Video: Forgotten Texas Towns Explored

Check out the video for a more in-depth view of these ghost towns and to learn more about them.

East Texas Ghost Towns You Can Still Visit

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Gallery Credit: Lucky Larry, Mix 93-1

Source: What Happened To These Abandoned Texas Boomtowns?

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