Mangum, Texas

Mangum was an unincorporated town in Eastland County, Texas, United States. It was founded in the late 1890s at the intersection of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway (abandoned in 1967) and the Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad (abandoned in 1944). Mangum was named for the Bob Mangum family. The town's population peaked in 1915 at 125; by 1936, only a handful of residents remained. Sometime in the late 1980s, the town was removed from highway maps. In 2000, the population of Mangum was estimated at 15. Today the site is a ghost town.

History

In 1910, the town had a population of 300 people.[1]: 295 

References

  1. ^ Phillips, William Battle (1914). The Mineral Resources of Texas. University of Texas. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  • Mangum, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mangum, Texas
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Municipalities and communities of Eastland County, Texas, United States
County seat: Eastland
Cities
  • Cisco
  • Eastland
  • Gorman
  • Ranger
Eastland County map
Towns
  • Carbon
  • Rising Star
Unincorporated
communities
  • Morton Valley
  • Olden
  • Romney
Ghost town
  • Mangum
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32°19′12″N 98°51′34″W / 32.32000°N 98.85944°W / 32.32000; -98.85944


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