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Medicine Mound

Ghost town · Hardeman County, Texas

Medicine Mound quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500)
Medicine Mound quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Medicine Mound is a ghost town in Hardeman County, Texas, recorded as unincorporated community in Hardeman County, Texas, United States. It is one of 2 former communities in Hardeman County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 49th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Medicine Mound 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 34.1879° N, 99.5945° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,490 ft
Nearest living townChillicothe, TX
Distance to it6.6 miles
Coordinates34.18786, -99.59453

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.

Medicine Mound today, aerial view
Medicine Mound quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500)

Left: Medicine Mound quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 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

Medicine Mound is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Chillicothe, TX (population 606), about 6.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,490 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.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Medicine Mound?

Medicine Mound is in Hardeman County, Texas, at 34.1879, -99.5945.

How many ghost towns are in Hardeman County?

Hardeman County, Texas has 2 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 2026-11-06.