This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Texas.
Classification
Barren site
- Sites no longer in existence
- Sites that have been destroyed
- Submerged
- Reverted to pasture
- May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most
Neglected site
- Only rubble left
- All buildings uninhabited
- Roofless building ruins
- Some buildings or houses still standing
Abandoned site
- Buildings or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses all abandoned
- No population, except caretaker
- Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings (for example old church, grocery store)
Semiabandoned site
- Building or houses still standing
- Buildings and houses largely abandoned
- Fewer than 50 residents (small population)
- Many abandoned buildings
Historic community
- Building or houses still standing
- Still a busy community
- Smaller than its boom years
- Population has decreased dramatically, to one-fifth or less
- May now be a census-designated place
- May have been "absorbed" by extant entity
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