20 Abandoned Places in Texas Most Texans Have Never Seen

Most Texans drive past these places and never know they are there. This is a countdown of 20 abandoned places across Texas, from Big Bend hot springs to a sawmill town in the East Texas pines. For each place you get where it is, what it was built for, and why it was left behind. If you enjoy forgotten Texas history, subscribe so you don’t miss the next one. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:51 20. Langford Hot Springs, Brewster County 3:53 19. Old Mobeetie, Wheeler County 5:38 18. Wootan Wells, Robertson County 8:04 17. Jericho, Donley County 9:32 16. Texon, Reagan County 11:24 15. Clairemont, Kent County 13:16 14. Fort Quitman, Hudspeth County 15:11 13. Hotel Sabine, Port Arthur 16:48 12. Texana, Jackson County 18:16 11. El Copano, Refugio County 20:13 10. Plemons, Hutchinson County 21:50 9. Shafter, Presidio County 24:00 8. Bomarton, Baylor County 25:30 7. Fort Phantom Hill, Jones County 27:10 6. Glenn Springs, Brewster County 28:46 5. Rattlesnake Bomber Base (Pyote), Ward County 30:20 4. Aldridge Sawmill, Angelina County 32:15 3. Mariscal Mine, Brewster County 34:15 2. Matagorda Island, Calhoun County 36:16 1. Smeltertown, El Paso County 39:30 Final thoughts Have you visited any of these places? Tell me which one I should cover next in the comments. FOOTAGE CREDITS Thank you to the creators whose footage appears in this video: Nick H The Traveler, “Mobeetie, Texas | 79061 Main Street | Driving Tour and Exploring” JR Dukes, “OLD MOBEETIE, TEXAS” Alamonotion, “Old Mobeetie” Trevor P. Wardlaw, “One Thread of Six Flags - Wootan Wells” Route 66 Suite, “EP064 Ghost Town of Jericho, TX” Tim Kreitz Adventures, “Texas Ghost Towns of Stiles & Texon” Action Packed Exploring, “Ghost Town of Texon TX” Cruising Along, “Historic 1894 Texas Jailhouse in a Ghost Town, Old Kent County Jail, Clairemont, Texas” TEXAS GONE: Ghost Towns & Vanishing Traditions, “IN JAIL, Clairemont Texas, Ghost Town of the Panhandle” TomsDs, “4K Drone Hotel Sabine in Port Arthur Texas, June 2022” Visit Port Arthur Texas, “Let’s Fly Over Port Arthur, Texas!” Drone4kBrian, “Evening over Copano Bay” Keith Dotson Photography, “Shafter Ghost Town in Texas” Tim Payne Photography, “Abandoned Church, St. John Catholic Church of Bomarton, TX” CanUsa Drone Flyer, “Fort Phantom Hill, Near Abilene, Texas” Dubya Drones (Darrell), “Abandoned Pyote Army Air Field” Beyond Civilization, “Abandoned Relic in the Forest: Aldridge Sawmill” and “Matagorda Island Landscapes” Pat Kane, “Mariscal Mine (Big Bend NP)” The Modern Frontiersmen, “Smelter Town Cemetery (Documentary)” Additional stock footage from Pexels. Old photographs and documents are shown for historical illustration. #abandonedtexas #texashistory #ghosttowns #forgottentexas