WayfarrowAransas City
Ghost town · Aransas County, Texas
Aransas City is a ghost town in Aransas County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is the only former community in Aransas County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Aransas City 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 28.1043° N, 97.0203° W.
In old newspapers
The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Texas before 1931 that mention “Aransas City”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 64 pages in all.
- 1888-02-29Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- 1888-03-01The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, Tex.)
- 1888-03-01Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- 1888-03-02Fort Worth Weekly Gazette (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- 1888-03-02San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.)
- 1888-03-08The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, Tex.)
Key facts
| Elevation | 0 ft |
|---|---|
| Nearest living town | Fulton, TX |
| Distance to it | 2.5 miles |
| Coordinates | 28.10430, -97.02030 |
Then and now
Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.
Left: Rockport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.
What's there now
Aransas City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fulton, TX (population 1,002), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Texas Maritime Museum Lightlighthouse · Aransas County · 5.7 mi
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- Black Pointghost town · Refugio County · 14.7 mi
- Port Aransas Light Stationlighthouse · Aransas County · 16.8 mi
- Harbor Cityghost town · San Patricio County · 22.2 mi
- Matagorda Island Lighthouselighthouse · Calhoun County · 39.8 mi
- Indianolaghost town · Calhoun County · 43 mi
- Halfmoon Reef Lighthouselighthouse · Calhoun County · 44.3 mi
- 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)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress) — Chronicling America search (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 2026-11-06.