Mesquite

Ghost town · Borden County, Texas

Indian Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mesquite 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 32.8703° N, 101.6303° W.

Key facts

Elevation	2,964 ft
Nearest living town	Gail, TX
Distance to it	12.4 miles
Coordinates	32.87028, -101.63028

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What's there now

Mesquite is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gail, TX (population 323), about 12.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,964 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Abandoned schoolhouse in the ghost town of Mesquite, Borden County, Texas. · Leaflet / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

Justiceburg
ghost town · Garza County · 27.5 mi
Slide
ghost town · Lubbock County · 41.4 mi
Tokio
ghost town · Terry County · 43.1 mi

Sources and licences

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)

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