Details for Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5117002181
Data
| Marker Number | 2181 |
| Atlas Number | 5117002181 |
| Marker Title | Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith County |
| Index Entry | Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith County |
| Address | 400 Sampson St. |
| City | Hereford |
| County | Deaf Smith |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 737898 |
| UTM Northing | 3856028 |
| Subject Codes | settlements; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Deaf Smith County Museum. Marker reported damaged Aug. 2020. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Here as in many Texas counties, ghost towns and ghost post offices outnumber living ones. La Plata (formerly Grenada) thrived as county seat and was a major stop on New Mexico-Amarillo Road, 1880s and 90s. Its 28 houses and businesses were removed to Hereford with the county government in 1898. Ayr, which lost county seat to La Plata, 1890, had an early post office and a few frame buildings. Other nonexistent post offices include Escarbada (on XIT Ranch), 1889; Dean, 1892-99; Mirage (probably on LS Ranch), 1891-94; Kelso, 1907-1908. (1969) |