Estacado

Ghost town · Crosby County, Texas

Petersburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Estacado is a ghost town in Crosby County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in Texas, United States of America. It is the only former community in Crosby County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Estacado 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 33.7522° N, 101.5620° W.

Key facts

Elevation	3,197 ft
Nearest living town	Lorenzo, TX
Distance to it	5.8 miles
Coordinates	33.75220, -101.56200

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What's there now

Estacado is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lorenzo, TX (population 843), about 5.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,197 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Abandoned church in Estacado, Texas. · Leaflet / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

Hale City
ghost town · Hale County · 29.5 mi
Slide
ghost town · Lubbock County · 31.6 mi
Soldiers Mound
ghost town · Dickens County · 45 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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