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Fort Phantom Hill

Ghost town · Jones County, Texas

Nugent quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Nugent quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fort Phantom Hill is a ghost town in Jones County, Texas. It is the only former community in Jones County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Phantom Hill as a historical populated place on the Nugent 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 32.6329° N, 99.6834° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNugent
Elevation1,643 ft
Nearest living townHawley, TX
Distance to it7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID2034996
Coordinates32.63290, -99.68342

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What's there now

Fort Phantom Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hawley, TX (population 580), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,643 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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