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NEW Featured Places of 2020

Farmers Branch Dallas Co 10-27-20

Mixon Cherokee Co 10-15-20

Clarendon Donley County seat 9-18-20

Yorktown DeWitt Co 9-12-20

Papalote 7-24-20

Collin County

Lavon 7-23-20

Josephine 7-23-20

Copeville 7-23-20

Pioneer's Rest Cemetery Tarrant Co 6-25-20

Carrollton Dallas Co 6-19-20

Zephyr Brown Co 5-28-20

Grapevine Tarrant Co 5-23-20

Ireland Coryell Co -7-20

Eola Concho Co 5-6-20

Fort Chadbourne The Fort - Coke Co 5-1-20

Fort Chadbourne Ghost town - Coke Co. 5-2-20

Blanton Hill Co 5-1-20

Decatur Wise Co seat 4-24-20

Dialville Cherokee Co 4-20-20

Winona Smith Co 4-18-20

Personville Limestone Co 4-1-20

Lamar County

Cunningham 3-24-20

Direct 3-24-20

Georgia 3-24-20

DeWitt County

Thomaston 3-10-20

Arneckeville 3-10-20

Schertz Guadalupe / Bexar Co 2-21-20

Schertz, Now and Then 2-21-20

Gilliland Knox Co 2-1-20

Holland Bell Co 1-23-20

Uncertain Harrison Co 1-11-20

Anson Jones Co seat 1-1-20

Ralls Crosby Co 1-1-20

Bronson Sabine Co 1-1-20

Featured Places of 2019

Madisonville Madison Co 12-27-19

Celina Collin Co 12-21-19

Teague Freestone Co 12-1-19

Fairy Hamilton Co 9-20-19

Onalaska Polk Co 9-20-19

Myrtle Springs Van Zandt Co 9-26-19

India Ellis Co 9-18-19

Collegeport Matagorda Co 8-27-19

Barnesville Johnson Co 7-13-19

Fischer Store - Prime Real Estate Comal Co 6-14-19

Big Sandy Upshur Co 6-2-19

Barstow> Ward Co 3-1-19

Adobes Presidio Co 2-26-19

Echo Coleman Co 2-18-19

Shumla Val Verde Co 2-12-19

Christoval Tom Green Co 2-8-19

Liberty City Gregg Co 1-19-19

Featured Places of 2018

Bragg Hardin Co 12-15-18

Rhineland Knox Co 12-7-18

Luling Caldwell Co 11-4-18

South Bend Young Co 10-28-18

Proffitt Young Co 10-19-18

Gooseneck Young Co 10-28-18

Navasota Grimes Co 10-22-18

Crowell Foard Co seat 10-14-18

Flatonia Fayette Co 10-13-18

Texon Reagan Co 10-1-18

Stiles Reagan Co 10-1-18

Best Reagan Co 10-1-18

Penwell Ector Co 10-1-18

Rusk Cherokee Co 9-23-18

Trickham Coleman Co 9-21-18

Atoka Coleman Co 9-21-18

Lone Grove Llano Co 9-13-18

Peyton Colony Blanco Co 9-11-18

Sabinal Uvalde Co 9-10-18

Buckholts Milam Co 9-4-18

Ibex Shackleford Co 9-1-18

Red Rock Bastrop Co 8-26-18

Sunshine Hill Wichita Co 8-9-18

Thrift Wichita Co 8-9-18

Fairview Cemetery & Chapel Jones County 8-1-18

Hulver Hall Co 7-11-18

Newlin Hall Co 7-12-18

Lesley Hall Co 7-13-18

San Augustine San Augustine Co 7-9-18

Farmersville Collin Co 7-9-18

Beck's Chapel Henderson Co 7-6-18

Merkel Taylor Co 7-4-18

Ratcliff Houston Co 6-15-18

Novice Coleman Co 6-13-18

Novice Lamar Co 6-13-18

Koockville Mason Co 6-7-18

Polly Bandera Co 6-4-18

Panna Maria Karnes Co 5-6-18

Mayfield Hill Co 5-20-18

Mesquite Borden Co 5-15-18

Scotland Archer Co 4-28-18

White Rock Hunt Co 5-2-18

Potter's Point Marion Co 5-4-18

Arden Irion Co 5-1-18

Belle Plain Callahan Co 4-22-18

Verand Schleicher Co 4-26-18

Olfen Runnels Co 4-26-18

Eastland Eastland Co 4-21-18

Sanco Coke County 4-7-18

Hayrick Coke County 4-9-18

Whitney Hill Co 4-3-18

Aquilla Hill Co 4-2-18

Weldon Houston Co 4-1-18

White Settlement Tarrant Co 3-30-18

Benbrook Tarrant Co 3-30-18

Grandview Johnson Co 3-21-18

Caradan Mills Co 3-11-18

New Ulm Austin Co 3-1-18

Duke Fort bend Co 3-4-18

Camp Colorado Coleman Co

Center Point Kerr Co 1-24-18

Hovey Pecos Co 2--6-12

Stanton Martin Co 1-7-18

Grady Fisher Co 1-20-18

Silver Valley Coleman Co 1-3-18

Featured Places of 2017

Cedar Station Terrell Co 12-26-17

Wardville Johnson Co first county seat 12-23-17

Shields Coleman Co 12-14-17

Whon Coleman Co 12-14-17

Hylton Nolan Co 11-24-17

Cotulla La Salle 10-6-17

Hutchinson County

Borger 9-23-17

Borger Vintage Photos 9-23-17

Olfen Runnels Co 9-29-17

Hutchinson County - Boom town ghost towns:

Beattie Comanche Co 9-6-17

Grayback Wilbarger Co 7-26-17

Silver Coke Co 7-24-17

San Angelo Tom Green Co 7-1-17

Edna Jackson Co 7-1-17

Lela Wheeler Co 7-1-17

Ladonia Fannin Co 6-27-17

Malone Hill Co 6-27-17

Bethany Panola Co 6-26-17

Shelby Austin Co 6-16-17

Olivia Calhoun Co 6-8-17

Port Alto Calhoun Co 6-8-17

Milford Ellis Co 5-24-17

Carroll Springs Henderson Co 5-13-17

Beck's Chapel Henderson Co 5-13-17

Pickens Henderson Co 5-13-17

Baxter Henderson Co 5-13-17

Pumpville Val Verde Co 5-11-17

Mariscal Mine Brewster Co 5-5-17

Breckenridge Stephens Co seat 5-9-17

Margaret Foard Co 5-8-17

Friberg-Cooper Wichita Co 5-1-17

Cashion Wichita Co 5-1-17

Ellinger Fayette Co 4-18-17

Mount Alamo Kendall Co 4-15-17

Nash Ellis Co 4-9-17

Rek Hill Fayette Co 4-7-17

Roxton Lamar Co 3-30-17

Patricia Dawson Co 3-27-17

Waring Kendall Co 4-1-17

Fort Elliott Wheeler Co 4-1-17

Fort Spunky Wood Co 4-4-17

Cistern Fayette Co 3-12-17

Bettina Llano Co 3-15-17

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Warrenton Fayette Co 3-8-17

Freyburg Fayette Co 3-8-17

Hallettsville Lavaca Co 3-4-17

Moulton Lavaca Co

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Baurs / Baursville Lavaca Co 3-6-17

Old Moulton Lavaca Co

Katy Harris, Fort Bend, Waller Co 3-3-17

Thornberry Clay Co 3-4-17

New Boston Bowie Co 3-1-17

Linnville Calhoun Co 3-1-17

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Oak Hill Bastrop Co 2-20-17

Poteet Atascosa Co 2-14-17

Ringgold Montague Co 2-8-17

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Gay Hill Washington Co 2-6-17

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William Penn Washington Co 2-5-17

Glidden Colorado Co 2-2-17

Roundup Hockley Co 1-25-17

Shafter Lake Andrews Co 1-10-16

Baby Head Llano Co 1-17-16

Mobeetie Wheeler Co 1-8-17

Fort Elliott 1-8-17

Texas City Galveston Co 1-7-17

Pleasant Grove Wood Co 1-21-17

Fulbright Red River Co 1-12-17

Brooklyn Shelby Co 1-6-17

A Bald-Headed Whiskey Town 1-3-17

Fayette County

Rutersville 1-10-17

Plum 1-2-17

Ledbetter 1-2-17

Carmine 1-2-17

Featured Places of 2016

Hedwig's Hill by Michael Barr 12-15-16

Best Reagan Co 12-10-16

Elkhart Anderson Co 12-12-16

The Pinta Trail by Michael Barr 12-1-16

Hermleigh Scurry Co 12-9-16

Hamlin Jones & Fisher Co 12-9-16

Notrees Ector Co 12-6-16

McMahan Caldwell Co 12-5-16

Tascosa / Boys Ranch Oldham Co 12-3-16

Louise Wharton Co 12-1-16

Hodges Jones Co 12-1-16

Kamay Wichita Co 12-2-16

Texon Reagan Co 11-29-16

Indian Gap Hamilton Co 11-29-16

Alvarado Johnson Co 11-27-16

Lodi Wilson Co 11-19-16

Kirtley Fayette Co 11-4-16

Kovar Bastrop Co 11-4-16

Stormville Wood Co 11-17-16

Fodice Houston Co 11-1-16

Holly Houston Co 11-7-16

Coltharp Houston Co 11-9-16

Hagerville Houston Co 11-11-16

Kennard Houston Co 11-11-16

Lee Carson Co 10-26-16

Skellytown Carson Co 10-26-16

Roxana Carson Co 10-26-16

Palestine Anderson Co Seat 10-19-16

Palestine Lamar Co 10-19-16

Lonnie Childress Co 10-22-16

Anna Rose Live Oak Co 10-14-16

Little Hope Wood Co 10-7-16

Winnsboro Wood Co

Double Bayou Chambers Co 10-5-16

Bogata Red River Co 10-1-16

Avinger Cass Co 9-15-16

Mount Vernon Lamar Co 9-22-16

Bluff Dale Erath Co 9-6-16

Travis County :

New Sweden 8-3-16

Manda 8-3-16

Kimro 8-3-16

Mullins Prairie Fayette Co 8-10-16

Holman Fayette Co 7-25-16

Searsville Bosque Co 7-14-16 TE's 1000th ghost town

Coke Wood Co 7-5-16

Latch Upshur Co 7-5-16

Calloway Upshur Co 7-5-16

Winchester Fayette Co 7-2-16

Rockwall Rockwall Co 7-1-16

Stella Fayette Co 7-2-16

Thurber Erath/Palo Pinto Co 6-27-16

Bailey County 6-8-16

Muleshoe County seat 6-8-16

Bailey County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson

Texas Road Trip 2016 by Holly Gibson 6-6-16

London Kimble Co 6-3-16

Bay City Matagorda County seat 5-23-16

Matagorda First Matagorda County seat

Rice Navarro Co 5-18-16

Avoca Jones Co 5-20-16

Albion Red River Co 5-10-16

Country Campus Walker Co 5-13-16

Weinert Haskell Co 5-10-16

Falcon Zapata Co 5-7-16

Willow Springs Fayette Co 4-29-16

Rock Island 2olorado Co

Gibtown Jack Co

Aurora Wise Co

Vsetin Lavaca Co 4-7-16

Elkhart Anderson Co 4-11-16

Cherry Spring Gillespie Co

Mingus Palo Pinto Co 3-19-16

Aransas Pass 4-7-16

Alton Denton Co 3-19-16

Otto Falls Co

Lyford Willacy Co 2-10-16

Santa Monica Willacy Co 2-10-16

Newcastle Young Co 2-5-16

Park Fayette Co 2-5-16

Middle Creek Fayette Co 2-17-16

Bruni Webb Co 2-8-16

Saint Mary's Parish Lavaca Co 1-29-16

Carta Valley Edwards Co 1-15-16

Devine Medina Co 1-13-15

Mount Calm Hill Co 1-8-16

Fairview Wilson Co 1-7-16

Hostyn Fayette Co 1-1-16

Park Fayette Co 2-5-16

Hollis Madison Co 1-5-16

Indian Gap Hamilton Co 1-5-16

Featured Places of 2015

Wharton Wharton County Seat 12-1-15

Newgulf Wharton Co Ghost town

Viboras Starr Co ghost town 12-7-15

Fort Colorado Travis Co 12-18-15

Corsicana Navarro County seat 11-2-15

Drowned Towns of Bell County by Mike Cox 11-12-15

Haunted Tomball 10-27-15

Pearl, Texas � The Sound of Music by Michael Barr 11-3-15

Perceptions of West Texas by Michael Barr 10-21-15

Avinger Cass Co

Paul's Store Shelby Co ghost town 10-23-15

Gano Williamson Co 10-31-15

Pila Blanca Duval Co ghost town 10-3-15

Homer Angelina Co 10-5-15

Gorman, Texas Vintage Photos 10-1-15

Gorman Eastland Co

Nada Colorado Co 10-1-15

Bethel Anderson Co 9-28-15 TE's 3200th Town

Buckner Parker Co 9-15-15

Garner Parker Co 9-16-15

Oakland Colorado Co 9-13-15

Waresville Uvalde Co ghost town 9-12-15

Sanco Coke Co ghost town 9-9-15

Silver Coke Co ghost town 9-9-15

Vox Populi Colorado Co 9-5-15

DeWees Wilson Co 9-3-15

LaFayette Upshur Co 8-26-15

Loma Alta Val Verde Co 8-24-15

Loma Alta McMullen Co

Alta Loma Galveston Co 8-26-15

Guadalupe Victoria Co 8-28-15

Aledo Parker Co 8-15-15

Boydston Gray Co 8-21-15

Flower Grove Martin Co 8-23-15

Blanket Brown Co 8-9-15

Greenwood Parker Co 8-12-15

Goforth Hays Co Ghost town 8-5-15

Retreat Grimes Co Ghost town 8-5-15

Goforth and Retreat, Towns as Oxymoron 8-5-15

Luther Howard Co 8-1-15

Vincent Howard Co 7-30-15

Knott Howard Co 8-2-15

Ackerly Dawson Co 8-2-15

Tarpley Bandera Co 8-3-15

Langtry: A West Texas Love Story by Michael Barr 7-20-15

Interplanetary Texas

Earth Lamb Co

Pluto Ellis Co ghost town

Venus Johnson/Ellis Co

Mars Van Zandt Co ghost town

Mercury McCulloch Co

Saturn Gonzales Co ghost town

Shiner, aka Half Moon Lavaca Co

Star Mills Co

Rising Sun Shackelford Co

Rising Star Eastland Co ghost town

Universe Smith Co

Zodiac Gillespie Co ghost town

Comet Marion Co ghost town

Eclipse Gaines Co ghost town

Juno Val Verde Co ghost town

Elm Grove Fayette Co 7-24-15

Elm Grove San Saba Co 7-24-15

Chico Wise Co 7-21-15

Knapp Scurry Co 7-25-15

Cameron Milam Co 7-16-15

Greenwood Wise Co 7-9-15

Buena Suerte Presidio Co 7-9-15

Whitt Parker Co 7-1-15

Newberry Parker Co 6-15-15

West Point Fayette Co 7-5-15

Mungerville Dawson Co 6-27-15

Dunn Scurry Co 6-28-15

Los Ybanez Dawson Co 6-18-15

Allenfarm Brazos Co 6-17-15

Manheim Lee Co 6-15-15

Round Top Fayette Co 6-9-15

Roznov Fayette Co 2-1-15

St John Fayette Co 2-2-15

Waldeck Fayette Co 4-3-15

Irving Dallas Co 6-12-15

Locust Grayson Co 6-9-15

Grayson County GLO vintage maps

Coke Wood Co 7-5-15

Hays County 5-26-15

Hudspeth County

Sierra Blanca Hudspeth County seat

Goliad County 5-16-15

Sabine Jefferson Co 5-24-15

Atoka Coleman Co 6-1-15

Cologne Goliad Co 5-16-15

Brownwood Brown County seat 5-12-15

Burkburnett Wichita Co 5-2-15

Stag Creek Comanche Co 5-4-15

Lynchburg, AKA Lynch�s Ferry Harris Co ghost town 5-11-15

Slater Coryell Co 4-28-15

Marysville Cooke Co 4-18-15

Texas Road Trip - From Owls to Eiffel Tower 4-15-15

Canadian Hemphill County Seat 4-12-15

Chambliss Collin Co 4-20-15

Sidney Comanche Co 4-19-15

Fayette County Ghost Towns with Painted Churches

Ammonnsville 3-15-15

Dubina 3-15-15

High Hill 3-15-15

Praha 3-15-15

Matador Motley County seat 3-4-15

Lydia Red River Co 3-28-15

Presidio County Ghost Towns 3-1-15

Shafter

Jarrell Williamson Co 2-16-15

Mayfower Newton Co 2-21-15

Oran Palo Pinto Co 2-11-15

Ghost Towns

Magnolia Anderson Co 2-12-15

Anna Rose Live Oak Co 2-12-15

Cuba Live Oak Co 2-12-15

Kittie Live Oak Co 2-12-15

Wellington Collingsworth County Seat 2-4-15

Danevang Wharton Co 2-7-15

Cost Gonzales Co 2-9-15

Casa Piedra Presidio Co 1-19-15

Corpus Christie Nueces County Seat 1-26-15

Groesbeck Limestone Co

Mexia Limestone Co

Springfield Limestone Co

Quanah Hardeman Co

Nocona Montague Co

Boerne Kendall County seat

Sutherland Springs Wilson Co 1-10-15

Barstow Ward Co 1-2-15

Barstow in 1908 1-2-15

Seymour Baylor County Seat 1-1-15

Pine Grove Harris Co Ghost Town 1-1-15

Slide Lubbock Co 1-7-15

Featured Places of 2014

New Geography by Mike Cox 12-31-14

Jones County

Anson County Seat 12-27-14

Oak Grove 12-27-14

Bryant Station Milam Co 12-14-14

Mercer's Gap Comanche Co 12-13-14

Center Point Kerr County 11-22-14

Center Point Camp County ghost town 11-22-14

San Jacinto County

Old Waverly 11-18-14

Urbana 11-18-14

Camilla 11-18-14

Pumpkin 10-30-14

Maxdale Bell Co 11-12-14

Orange Grove Jim Wells Co 11-20-13

The Sounds of Home by Robert G. Cowser

Joe B. Frantz on Small Towns 10-5-14

Cayuga Anderson Co 11-2-14

Red Rock Bastrop Co

Thurber, Texas by Clay Coppedge 11-1-14

Omega Upshur/Gregg Co 11-3-14

Coffeeville Upshur Co

Iatan Mitchell Co Ghost town 10-26-14

Pumpkin San Jacinto Co 10-30-14

Ghost Fort

Fort Terrett Sutton Co 10-25-14

Trinity River Ghost Towns 10-16-14

Geneva Polk Co - Submerged

Cincinnati Walker Co

Tuscaloosa Walker Co

Newport Walker Co

Montague County

Saint Jo 10-10-14

Red River Station Ghost town 10-10-14

La Salle County Ghost Towns

Dull's Ranch 10-4-14

Dull 10-4-14

Counties

Cooke County 9-26-14

McLennan County 9-22-14

San Jacinto County 9-2-14

Crosby County 8-11-14

Fayette County

Hill County 7-19-14

Comanche County Ghost Towns 9-3-14

Trip

Tag Along with Barclay on Texas Photography Trip #94 by Barclay Gibson 8-1-14

The Conclusion to my �Tag Along with Barclay on Texas Photography Trip #94 Story� by Barclay Gibson 9-1-14

Crosby County

Crosbyton Present County Seat

Emma Second County Seat

Estacado First County Seat

Fayette County

Lyons 8-8-14

Mecklenburg 8-8-14

Nechanitz 8-3-14

Sedan 8-19-14

De Leon Comanche Co 7-25-14

Clara Wichita Co 7-30-14

Ennis Ellis Co 8-22-14

New York Henderson Co 8-2-14

Hill County

Hillsboro Hill County seat 7-19-14

Rabbs Prairie Fayette Co 7-23-14

Winedale Fayette Co 7-8-14

Scott Fayette Co 7-9-14

Pisek Colorado Co 7-15-14

Cross Cut Brown Co 7-10-14

Ginger Rains Co 7-17-14

Las Gallinas Atascosa Co 7-17-14

Vinegarroon Val Verde Co 7-6-14

Freer Duval Co 9-7-14

Texas Escapes' 3000th Town

Liverpool Brazoria Co 6-17-14

Mart McLennan Co 6-24-14

Pin Oak Fayette Co 6-23-14

Pin Oak Bastrop Co 7-2-14

Bridge Valley Fayette Co 6-28-14

Fairlie Hunt Co 6-19-14

El Campo Wharton Cos 6-7-14

Earle Bexar Co 6-7-14

Bexar Bexar Co 6-7-14

Rockwood Coleman Co 6-6-14

Bremond Robertson Co 6-13-14

Eastgate Liberty Co 6-16-14

Crossville Bell Co 6-15-14

Eliga Coryell Co 6-15-14

Matagorda County 6-2-14

Ashby

Deming's Bridge

Culberson County Ghost Towns 6-4-14

Plateau

Boracho

Frijole

Columbus Colorado County seat 5-20-14

Eagle Lake Colorado Co 5-22-14

Moravia Lavaca Co 5-19-14

Fort Hancock Hudspeth Co 5-15-14

Pilot Grove Grayson Co 5-17-14

Gruene Comal Co 5-8-14

East Columbia Brazoria Co 5-13-14

Sweeny Brazoria Co 5-27-14

Corbet Navarro Co 5-24-14

Fayette County

Muldoon 5-1-14

Kirtley 5-17-14

Cedar 6-6-14

Waldeck 6-9-14

Cozy Corner 5-23-14

Colony 5-30-14

Armstrong Colony 5-23-14

Stella 5-26-14

Bluff 5-4-14

Oso 5-4-14

Cistern 4-26-14

Warda 4-28-14

Castolon Brewster Co 5-6-14

Dobbin Montgomery Co 5-6-14

Gail Borden County Seat 4-21-14

MonthaliaGonzales Co 4-24-14

Tynan Bee Co 4-29-14

Hitson Fisher Co 5-3-14

Hansford County

Hansford 4-23-14

Hitchland 4-25-14

Mulock 4-19-14

Record 4-25-14

Zulu 4-23-14

Bug Tussle Fannin Co 4-16-14

Lanham Mill Community Somervell Co 4-20-14

Steiner/Fowler Bosque Co 4-20-14

Cannon Grayson Co 4-19-14

Trenton Fannin Co 4-20-14

Kyle Hays Co 4-17-14

Goforth Hays Co 4-17-14

Farmer Young Co 4-12-14

Sudan Lamb Co 4-15-14

Carbon Eastland Co

Pyote Ward Co 4-2-14

Markley Young Co 4-8-14

Calf Creek McCulloch Co 3-15-14

Camp Wood Real Co 3-22-14

Pearsall Frio Co seat 3-11-14

Clareville Bee Co 3-14-14

Pierce Wharton Co 3-6-14

Jeddo Bastrop Co 3-7-14

Flomot Motley Co 3-1-14

Bloomington Victoria Co 2-28-14

Stratford Sherman Co seat 2-21-14

Imperial Pecos Co 2-23-14

Gold Gillespie Co 2-25-14

Tankersley Tom Green Co Vintage photos 2-15-14

Knickerbocker Tom Green Co 1-31-14

Recollections of a Road Trip to West Texas by Ana Astri-O�Reilly 2-14-14

Rosenberg Ft. Bend Co 1-24-14

Art Mason Co 1-27-14

Gause Milam Co 1-23-14

Weird Names by Mike Cox 1-17-14

Birdville Tarrant Co 1-17-14

Haltom City Tarrant Co 1-17-14

Mutt and Jeff Wood Co 1-11-14

Posey Hopkins Co 1-10-14

Plum Fayette Co 1-20-14

Aurora Wise Co 1-23-14

Featured Places of 2013

Fayette County

Halsted 11-2-13

Swiss Alp 11-1-13

Port Bolivar Galveston Co 9-25-13

Portland Fannin Co 10-14-13

Hiner Parker Co 10-2-13

Pert Anderson Co 9-28-13

Kickapoo Anderson Co 9-28-13

Talpa Colman Co 10-21-13

Panola Countys

Woods 9-23-13

Galloway 3-13-13

Eastland County

Gorman 9-18-13

Pioneer 9-16-13

Desdemona

Kaufman County

Kemp 9-22-13

Mabank 9-22-13

Styx 9-22-13

Tolosa 9-10-13

TE's 2900th town

Navarro County

Pelham 9-3-13

Chatfield 9-14-13

Frost 9-17-13

Emhouse 3-28-13

Gomez Terry Co 9-13-13

Gilchrist Galveston Co 9-12-13

High Island Galveston Co 8-21-13

Texas City Galveston Co 9-15-13

Paluxy Hood Co 9-8-13

Cresson Johnson/Hood Counties 9-3-13

Godley Johnson Co 9-4-13

Rio Vista Johnson Co 9-6-13

San Gabriel Milam Co 9-13-13

Warrenton Fayette Co 9-1-13

Walhalla Fayette Co 9-2-13

Walthall Runnels Co 9-12-13

Tolosa Kaufman Co 9-10-13

Tinrag Hopkins Co 9-11-13

Ginger Rains Co 9-13-13

Eldridge Gray Co 8-26-13

Port LavacaCalhoun Co 8-22-13

Olivia Calhoun Co 8-22-13

Nopal, aka Peru La Salle Co 8-30-13

Bon Wier Newton Co 8-16-13

Barwise Floyd Co 8-17-13

Wickett Ward Co 8-14-13

Arbor Houston Co 8-19-13

Austonio Houston Co 8-10-13

Rankin Upton County Seat 8-8-13

Upland First Upton County Seat 8-8-13

Upton County Courthouse

Sour Lake Hardin Co 8-5-13

Lovelace Hill Co 8-12-13

Gruver Hansford Co 8-8-13

Plata Presidio Co 8-5-13

DaCosta Victoria Co 8-4-13

Seagraves Gaines Co 8-1-13

Lamkin Comanche Co 8-1-13

The Capitals of Texas by Jeffery Robenalt 8-1-13
During the unrest and confusion of pre-Revolution Texas and the establishment of a new and independent republic, the capital of the Republic of Texas shifted locations several times, from San Felipe de Austin, the capital of Stephen F. Austin's original colony to the present-day capital city of Austin, a town created for the sole purpose of serving as the Republic's seat of government.

Bigfoot Frio Co 7-26-13

Meadow Terry Co 7-26-13

Bear Creek Settlement Kimble Co 7-16-13

Brandon Hill Co 7-19-13

Dryden Terrell Co 7-19-13

Driscoll Nueces Co 7-20-13

Thorndale Milam Co 7-20-13

Olmos Bee Co 7-12-13

Pierce Wharton Co 7-4-13

Petersburg Lavaca Co 7-2-13

Coletoville Victoria Co 7-5-13

Atlas Lamar Co 7-9-13

Pine Springs Culberson Co 6-15-13

Bishop Nueces Co 6-28-13

Simonton Fort Bend Co 6-22-13

Batson Hardin Co 6-20-13

Raisin Victoria Co 6-11-13

Places Of Affection by David Knape 6-1-13

Fort Stockton Pecos county seat 6-6-13

Anton Hockley Co 5-31-13

Smithfield Tarrant Co 5-30-13

Kosciusco Wilson Co 5-30-13

Maryetta Jack Co 5-28-13

Higgins Lipscomb Co 5-25-13

Higgins 1947 Tornado Vintage Photos

Shankleville Newton Co 5-21-13

Lamar & Lamar Cemetery Aransas Co 5-20-13

Baird Callahan Co 5-16-13

Sharp Milam Co 5-14-13

Levelland Hockley Co 5-6-13

Cedar Hill Floyd Co 5-10-13

Kent Culberson Co 4-30-13

Personville Limestone Co 5-4-13

Kimball Bosque Co 5-5-13

Barksdale Edwards Co 5-1-13

Security Montgomery Co 4-27-13

Fosteria Montgomery Co 4-27-13

Everman Tarrant Co 4-26-13

Trinity Trinity Co 4-26-13

Spur Dickens Co 4-9-13

Sligo Yoakum Co 4-15-13

Sempronius Austin Co 4-13-13

Dialville Cherokee Co 4-18-13

Cuney Cherokee Co 4-21-13

CoraComanche County First County Seat 3-25-13

Myrtle Springs Van Zandt Co 4-1-13

Bucareli Madison Co 3-25-13

Valley Wells Dimmit Co 3-23-13

Rochelle McCulloch Co 3-23-13

Talpa Coleman Co 3-20-13

Wellman Terry Co 3-16-13

Big Wells Dimmit Co 3-2-13

Rio Medina Medina Co 3-4-13

Detmold Milam Co 3-7-13

Red Bluff Jackson Co 4-7-13

Mikeska Live Oak Co 3-1-13

Katemcy by Mike Cox 2-20-13
Early-day Texans and Comanches were not always trying to kill each other, it just seemed like it...

Richmond Fort Bend County seat 2-2-13

Laredo Webb County seat 1-29-13

Coleman Coleman Co 2-10-13

Slocum Anderson Co 2-14-13

Zavala Jasper Co 2-22-13

Atascosito Liberty Co 2-23-13

Cedar Station Terrell Co 2-14-13

Medicine Mound Hardeman Co 1-6-13

Southland Garza Co 1-6-13

Fort Brown: A refuge from Indian attacks by Bob Bowman 1-20-13

Featured Places of 2012

Best Reagan Co

Burkeville First Newton County seat

Swiss Alp Fayette Co

Moline Lampasas Co

Poynor Henderson Co

Bug Tussle Fannin Co

Ammannsville Fayetteville Co

Medina Bandera Co

Helena Karnes Co

Old Emporia by Bob Bowman

Trick �Em and Skin �Em by Clay Coppedge

Murvaul Panola Co Birthplace of Tex Ritter

Pharr Hidalgo Co

Blewett & Dabney Uvalde Co

Blewett Uvalde Co

Dabney Uvalde Co

Seymore Hopkins Co

Reilly Springs Hopkins Co

Marfa Presidio Co

Tuxedo Jones Co

Nugent Jones Co

Ding Dong Bell Co

Texana Jackson Co

FredericksburgGillespie Co

Georgetown Williamson Co

Nacogdoches Nacogdoches Co

Benavides Duval Co

Nolan Nolan Co

Harmony Karnes Co

Paint Rock Concho Co

McLean Gray Co

Sunray Moore Co

Twin Groceries

Anna Collin Co

Knippa Uvalde Co

Johnson County

Cleburne County Seat

Wardville Ghost Town, Former County Seat

Buchanan Ghost Town, Former County Seat

Eldorado Schleicher Co

Speaks Lavaca Co

Bleiblerville Austin Co

Trinity Trinity Co

Thorp Spring Hood Co

Enloe Delta Co

Caledonia Rusk Co

Stewart Rusk Co

Pennington Trinity Co

Snow Town San Jacinto Co

Shep Taylor Co

Borden County Ghost Towns:

Durham

Julia

Mesquite

Tredway

Richland Bee Co

White Spur El Paso Co

Sutherland Springs Wilson Co

Martha's Chapel Walker Co

Falba Walker Co

Yero Walker Co

Chalk Mountain Erath Co

Desdemona by Clay Coppedge

Kaleta San Patricio Co

Zodiac Gillespie Co

Stony Denton Co

Pyote Ward Co

Rexville Austin Co

Cotton Towns

Carleton

Forestburg

Mercedes

Skidmore

Winters

Zephyr

Featured Places of 2011

Rosebud Falls Co

Santa Rita Cameron Co 12-28-11

Lobo Culberson Co 11-25-11

Perry Falls Co

Kermit Winkler Co 10-7-11

Ross Prairie Fayette Co 10-24-11

Fredonia Mason Co 11-18-11

Old Moulton Lavaca Co 10-9-11

Sierra Blanca Hudspeth Co 10-3-11

Doole McCulloch Co 10-6-11

Dallas County Forgotten Towns

Kit 10-10-11

Sowers 10-10-11

Shady Grove 10-12-11

Nussbaumer GLO 10-11-11

Union Bower 10-10-11

San Augustine San Augustine Co 10-1-11

Paducah Cottle County Seat 8-13-11

Jonesville Harrison Co 8-12-11

Montgomery Montgomery Co 8-3-11

Caesar Bee Co 8-1-11

Nocona Montague Co 8-2-11

Moonshine Hill Harris Co 7-8-11

Oxford Llano Co 6-29-11

Grit Mason Co 7-2-11

Iredell Bosque County 7-2-11

Sweet Home Guadalupe Co 6-15-11

Post Oak Guadalupe Co 6-13-11

Morales Ranch Schleicher Co 5-16-11

Star is Born by Mike Cox 5-12-11
Star of Mills County

Towns

Cave Creek Gillespie Co 5-8-11

Happy Swisher Co 5-2-11

Deport Lamar Co 5-2-11

Snyder Scurry Co 4-16-11

Ghost Towns

North Chapel Gregg Co 5-3-11

Mabelle Baylor Co 5-4-11

Hilda Mason Co 4-26-11

Rawhides: Business in Wild and Woolly Tee Pee City by Mike Cox 4-14-11

Ghost Town

Ghost Town Honeymoon Or Lunamiel en el Rio Frio
Story and Photographs by Josa Combs 3-16-11
A newly-wedded couple drives to desolate Frio County in the late 1980s to camp alongside the Frio River. Thanks to the kindness of a mysterious writer, they�re allowed to discover the crumbling ruins of Frio County�s first seat of government.

Frio Town Former Frio County seat 3-16-11

Special Feature:

Muenster - Old Europe in Frontier Texas by John Hellman
... Although they were hardly conscious of it, there was something peculiarly medieval about pockets of European culture in America like those scattered German parish communities who arrived in Texas (my grandparents as small children) in the late nineteen century, and eventually prospered on the rolling lands which ran down to the Red River valley and the Oklahoma border of east Texas...