Texas has more ghost towns than any other state Wilson County leads state with 31 ghost towns No description found
SAN ANTONIO – All over the nation there are places that once were booming with business and full of people, but now are ghost towns.
New research by Geotab reveals that Texas is home to more ghost towns, than any other state; 511 to be exact.
Of that number, Wilson County, just southeast of San Antonio, has the most of any other county in the state.
According to that latest research, Wilson County has 31 ghost towns.
Here is a list of those once-vibrant communities:
Alum
Boldtville
Caddo
Calaveras
Canada Verde
Carpenter
Darilek
Denhawken
Dewees
Doseido Colony
Eagle Creek
Fairview
Grass Pond Colony
Graytown
Guilford
Kicaster
Kosciusko
Las Cabras
Las Islas
Loire
Marcelina
Nockenut
Pandora
Plummer Crossing
Ridout
Sandy Hills
Saspamco
Sunnyside
Sutherland Springs
Three Oaks
Union Valley
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Erica Hernandez is an Emmy award-winning journalist with 15 years of experience in the broadcast news business. Erica has covered a wide array of stories all over Central and South Texas. She's currently the court reporter and cohost of the podcast Texas Crime Stories.
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