TEXAS GHOST TOWNS

SOUTH TEXAS
Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns	Counties	Description
Aguilares	Webb	Birth place of Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Amphion	Atascosa	First Atascosa County seat
Angel City	Goliad	Near Goliad
Anna Rose	Live Oak	Population unknown
Argenta	Live Oak	Church & schoolhouse remain
Atlee	La Salle	Not on the map
Benton	Atascosa	A ruin and a cemetery
Berg's Mill	Bexar	Absorbed into Greater San Antonio
Caesar	Bee	Only a cemetery and a historic tree remain
Calliham	McMullen	South of San Antonio
Catarina	Dimmit	With a haunted hotel
Clareville	Bee	Once had a post office & schools
Cologne	Goliad	Founded by former slaves
Cometa	Zavala	Population 10
Concepcion	Duval	One of the oldest towns in the county
Couch	Karnes	Only a sign remains
Crestonio	Duval	Not on the map
Cuba	Live Oak	Population zero
Dewees	Wilson	With a store opened for over 80 years
Dinero	Live Oak	Once named Barlow's Ferry
Divot	Frio	Population unknown, still on the map
Dolores	Webb	Site of Mission Dolores
Dreamland	Starr	Merged into Santa Cruz and La Puerta
Dull	La Salle	AKA Nettaville
Dull's Ranch	La Salle	The most illustrious resident: O. Henry
Edison	Zavala	Established on the Holdsworth Ranch
Falcon	Zapata	Old Falcon submerged
Fowlerton	La Salle	Almost a ghost
Frio Town	Frio	Once Frio County seat
Green	Karnes	Ranching country
Gussettville	Live Oak	aka Fox's Nation or Fox Nation
Helena	Karnes	A town killed by revenge
Jarrett	Live Oak	An old schoolhouse remains
La Lomita	Hidalgo	With a ghost chapel
Lebanon	Live Oak	Church graveyard remains
Lodi	Wilson	Former Wilson County Seat
Loma Vista	Zavala	A cemetery remains
Luxello	Bexar	On Cibolo Creek
Mahala	Live Oak	Population zero
Marcelina	Wilson	With a church & cemetery
Mikeska	Live Oak	Once aspired to be the county seat
Mission Dolores A Visita	Zapata	A centennial marker remains
Nettaville	La Salle	AKA Dull
Nockenut	Wilson	Near ghost towns Albuquerque & Union Valley
Nopal	La Salle	Killed by the railroad
Norway	Duval	Population 0
Oaks	Bee	Old cotton gin remains
Olmos	Bee	Population zero, with a community center
Panna Maria	Karnes	A Polish ghost town
Peña Station	Jim Hogg	Replaced by Hebbronville
Peru	La Salle	Killed by the railroad
Pila Blanca	Duval	A cemetery remains
Poblacion de Dolores	Zapata	A centennial marker remains
Quincy	Bee	Population zero
Ramirena	Live Oak	A story of an enduring friendship
Richland	Bee	A tombstone remained
Ruby	Karnes	Settled by Swedish and Polish immigrants
Run	Hidalgo	N of the Rio Grande
Sam Fordyce	Hidalgo	Near Fort Ringgold
San Geronimo	Bexar	Near San Geronimo Creek
Santa Cruz	Duval	Two cemeteries remain
Sarco	Goliad	Near Goliad
Simmons	Live Oak	Population zero
Stockholm	Hidalgo	A Swedish settlement
Sutherland Springs	Wilson	"Saratoga of the South"
Sweden	Duval	Not even on the county map
Swinney Switch	Live Oak	The railroad never came
Tulsita	Bee	Population: 20
Union Valley	Wilson	Historical marker & a cemetery
Valley Wells	Dimmit	AKA Good Luck Colony
Van Raub	Bexar	A virtual ghost
Viboras	Starr	Near Jim Hogg County Line
Wetmore	Bexar	Absorbed into Greater San Antonio
Zella	McMullen	Born of the railroad
Zunkerville	Karnes	Only an old cotton gin remains