JOINER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Fayette County, Central Texas South

South of Highway 71
5 Miles SE of La Grange the county seat
Population: Dispersed

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Joiner Road
TE Photo, January 2010

Photographer’s Note:
“Today only Joiner Road is left. A dead end – but a picturesque dead end.”

Joiner Road is marked on Highway 71 between La Grange and Ellinger

History in a Pecan Shell

Joiner began life as a stop on the Columbus-La Grange Tap Railroad in the early 1880s. The town was a source of gravel and ties for the railroad.

The railroad connected with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad prior to 1899 when a flood washed away the railroad’s Colorado River bridge.

The community, such as it was, disappeared shortly thereafter.

Joiner road today shows ranching and dairy farming existing alongside functioning gas and oil infrastructure – all in a bucolic environment.

TE Photo, January 2010

Joiner TX Fayette County - old farm house

TE Photo, January 2010

1920s Fayette County map showing Joiner
SE of La Grange
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Joiner, Texas Nearby Towns:
La Grange the county seat
Ellinger
Flatonia
Schulenburg
See Fayette County | Central Texas South

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