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Lobo

Ghost town · Culberson County, Texas

Lobo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Lobo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lobo is a ghost town in Culberson County, Texas. It is one of 5 former communities in Culberson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

At its height the population reached about 15.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lobo 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 30.8142° N, 104.7531° W.

Key facts

Peak population15
Last recorded population15
Elevation4,039 ft
Nearest living townVan Horn, TX
Distance to it16.4 miles
Coordinates30.81417, -104.75306

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What's there now

Lobo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Van Horn, TX (population 1,965), about 16.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,039 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Title: Metal buildings near the deserted town of Lobo, south of Alpine in Brewster County, Texas Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
Title: Metal buildings near the deserted town of Lobo, south of Alpine in Brewster County, Texas Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. · Carol M. Highsmith / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Lobo?

Lobo is in Culberson County, Texas, at 30.8142, -104.7531.

How many ghost towns are in Culberson County?

Culberson County, Texas has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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 2026-11-05.