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Crims Chapel

Ghost town · Rusk County, Texas

Kilgore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)
Kilgore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Crims Chapel is a ghost town in Rusk County, Texas. It is the only former community in Rusk County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Crims Chapel as a historical populated place on the Kilgore SE topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 32.2565° N, 94.7838° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKilgore SE
Elevation427 ft
Nearest living townHenderson, TX
Distance to it6.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2034764
Coordinates32.25655, -94.78382

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What's there now

Crims Chapel is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Henderson, TX (population 13,348), about 6.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 427 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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