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DECKER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Nolan County, Panhandle / West Texas

S of Sweetwater the county seat
About 8 miles NW of Blackwell
Population: 0

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History on a Pinhead

A cemetery is shown on county maps labeled Decker Lane, but otherwise, little else remains of this community. The name comes from A. F. Decker, who was actually the postmaster of the Sweetwater, Texas post office when the time (1892) came to open an office here.

In 1917 the post office was relocated to Maryneal and by the late 1940s, Decker, Texas had already become a ghost.

TX - Nolan County 1907 postal Map
Nolan County 1907 postal map showing Decker, Texas
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Nolan County Towns

County Seat - Sweetwater
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Blackwell
Champion ghost town
Decker ghost town
Dora ghost town
Hylton ghost town
Maryneal
Nolan
Olga ghost town
Roscoe
Sweetwater
Tesco ghost town
Wastella ghost town
Contiguous Counties:
Fisher County (N) Taylor County (E) Runnels County (SE) Coke County (S) Mitchell County (W)


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