List of ghost towns in Texas

;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 == List==