What Are The Different Varieties of Texas Ghost Towns?
These towns died out for several reasons. The most common were economic and geographic.
Smaller towns failed—and will continue to fail—due to economics, farming and ranching. Rarer today is failure due to a town’s proximity to a railroad. When rail lines moved or were laid several miles away, the town or towns nearest followed leaving structures behind.
FOWLERTON, TEXAS
Fowlerton was a serendipitous event, found by the publishers of this page unintentionally before their knowledge of its existence. Resources call Fowlerton a "near ghost town." Here, it will be called a Texas Ghost Town. The few residents of Fowlerton have abandoned the site photographed, and homesteads are moving across the highway. The neglected and abandoned church stands as a testament to the hopelessness of this town—few communities leave their churches to ruin.
Fowlerton, Tx
