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Tinaja

Ghost town · Brewster County, Texas

Maravillas Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1919, 1:62,500)
Maravillas Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1919, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tinaja is a ghost town in Brewster County, Texas. It is one of 8 former communities in Brewster County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tinaja as a historical populated place on the Stillwell Mountain 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 29.7388° N, 102.8810° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleStillwell Mountain
Elevation2,575 ft
Nearest living townMarathon, TX
Distance to it39.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1379165
Coordinates29.73880, -102.88099

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What's there now

Tinaja is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marathon, TX (population 271), about 39.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,575 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Tinaja?

Tinaja is in Brewster County, Texas, at 29.7388, -102.8810.

How many ghost towns are in Brewster County?

Brewster County, Texas has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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