Parnell

Ghost town · Roberts County, Texas

Dry Creek NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Parnell as a historical populated place on the Dry Creek NE 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 35.8975° N, 100.8196° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Dry Creek NE
Elevation	2,634 ft
Nearest living town	Miami, TX
Distance to it	17.3 miles
GNIS feature ID	2034911
Coordinates	35.89754, -100.81959

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What's there now

Parnell is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Miami, TX (population 469), about 17.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,634 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Adobe Walls
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 19 mi
Plemons
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 28.2 mi
Phillips
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 33.2 mi
Springers Ranch
ghost town · Hemphill County · 35.4 mi
Pringle
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 35.8 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
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.