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Shiloh

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

Shiloh 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 Shiloh as a historical populated place on the Bastrop SW topographic quadrangle: 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 30.0919° N, 97.3833° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBastrop SW
Elevation448 ft
Nearest living townBastrop, TX
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID2034704
Coordinates30.09188, -97.38333

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What's there now

Shiloh is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bastrop, TX (population 10,484), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 448 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Shiloh?

Shiloh is in Bastrop County, Texas, at 30.0919, -97.3833.

How many ghost towns are in Bastrop County?

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

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