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Ghost town · Hale County, Texas
Hale City is a ghost town in Hale County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in Texas, United States of America. It is the only former community in Hale County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hale City as a historical populated place on the Hale Center 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 34.0929° N, 101.8721° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Hale Center |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,458 ft |
| Nearest living town | Hale Center, TX |
| Distance to it | 2.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2034823 |
| Coordinates | 34.09285, -101.87212 |
What's there now
Hale City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hale Center, TX (population 1,705), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,458 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.