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Frio Town

Ghost town · Frio County, Texas

Frio Town quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500)
Frio Town quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

Frio Town was established in 1871, in the late 19th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Frio Town 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 29.0194° N, 99.3028° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Texas before 1931 that mention “Frio Town”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 97 pages in all.

Key facts

Founded1871
Elevation624 ft
Nearest living townYancey, TX
Distance to it13.1 miles
Coordinates29.01940, -99.30280

Open the location on a map

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.

Frio Town today, aerial view
Frio Town quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500)

Left: Frio Town quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 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

Frio Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Yancey, TX (population 221), about 13.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 624 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Frio Town Cemetery. Founded in 1871, Frio Town served as the first county seat of Frio County. A courthouse was built in 1876, and a number of families built ho
Frio Town Cemetery. Founded in 1871, Frio Town served as the first county seat of Frio County. A courthouse was built in 1876, and a number of families built ho · Darrylpearson / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources and licences

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.