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Phelan

Ghost town · Bastrop County, Texas

Bastrop quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500)
Bastrop quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Phelan is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas. It is one of 11 former communities in Bastrop County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Phelan 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 30.1589° N, 97.3261° W.

Key facts

Nearest living townCamp Swift, TX
Distance to it2.8 miles
Coordinates30.15889, -97.32611

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What's there now

Phelan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Camp Swift, TX (population 7,505), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

This graveyard served the lignite mining community of the vanished town of Phelan, Texas.
This graveyard served the lignite mining community of the vanished town of Phelan, Texas. · Feralpearl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Phelan?

Phelan is in Bastrop County, Texas, at 30.1589, -97.3261.

How many ghost towns are in Bastrop County?

Bastrop County, Texas has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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