Chalk Mountain - Texas Ghost Town

CHALK MOUNTAIN

NAME: Chalk Mountain
COUNTY: Erath
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Current residents.
REMAINS: A few structures and current residents.

Chalk Mountain at its zenith had eighty-one inhabitants. And that was at the turn of the century. Originally established as a trading center before the Civil War, the settlement had its start in the 1850s but did not become a town until the 1870s when its post office first opened. By 1910, the population had decreased to fifty residents. The most prominent building today is the two-story frame Masonic lodge. The lodge occupied the second floor with the first floor being the town store. At last count, there were about six occupied residences. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Chalk Mountain Courtesy Dan Gulino Chalk Mountain Courtesy Dan Gulino Chalk Mountain Courtesy Bobby and Speedeye Drake Chalk Mountain Courtesy Bobby and Speedeye Drake

Chalk Mountain at its zenith had eighty-one inhabitants. And that was at the turn of the century. Originally established as a trading center before the Civil War, the settlement had its start in the 1850s but did not become a town until the 1870s when its post office first opened. By 1910, the population had decreased to fifty residents. The most prominent building today is the two-story frame Masonic lodge. The lodge occupied the second floor with the first floor being the town store. At last count, there were about six occupied residences. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Chalk Mountain
Courtesy Dan Gulino

Chalk Mountain
Courtesy Bobby and Speedeye Drake

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