Sher-Han

Ghost town · Hansford County, Texas

Phillips Camp quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1974, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sher-Han is a ghost town in Hansford County, Texas. It is the only former community in Hansford County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sher-Han 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 36.4979° N, 101.4636° W.

Key facts

Elevation	3,169 ft
Nearest living town	Goodwell, OK
Distance to it	11 miles
Coordinates	36.49792, -101.46364

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What's there now

Sher-Han is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Goodwell, OK (population 1,271), about 11 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,169 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Pringle
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 38 mi
Adobe Walls
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 45.4 mi
Plemons
ghost town · Hutchinson County · 49 mi

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U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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