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Luckenbach

Ghost town · Gillespie County, Texas

Cain City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Cain City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Luckenbach is a ghost town in Gillespie County, Texas. It is one of 9 former communities in Gillespie County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

At its height the population reached about 3.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Luckenbach as a historical populated place: 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 30.1815° N, 98.7572° W.

Key facts

Peak population3
Last recorded population3
Elevation1,580 ft
Nearest living townStonewall, TX
Distance to it7.6 miles
Coordinates30.18152, -98.75721

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What's there now

Luckenbach is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stonewall, TX (population 347), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,580 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

U.S. Post Office at Luckenbach, TX
U.S. Post Office at Luckenbach, TX · Hot Furnace / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Luckenbach?

Luckenbach is in Gillespie County, Texas, at 30.1815, -98.7572.

How many ghost towns are in Gillespie County?

Gillespie County, Texas has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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.