Ghost Towns on Route 66

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A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains.

Town Name	State
Amboy	California
Anaconda	New Mexico
Bagdad	California
Boise	Texas
Essex	California
Siberia	California
Ludlow	California
Chambless	California
Hackberry	Arizona
Two Guns	Arizona
Glenrio, Texas and Glenrio, New Mexico	Texas, New Mexico
Hext	Oklahoma
Times Beach	Missouri
Plano	Missouri
Holman	Missouri
Clementine	Missouri
Hooker	Missouri
Warwick	Oklahoma

Towns Information

Glenrio, Texas and Glenrio, New Mexico

Old Cafe in Glenrio.

Old Motel in Glenrio.

Glenrio is a ghost town on Route 66 that sits on the Texas/New Mexico stateline. Founded in 1903 as a railroad town, it began receiving motorists on the dusty Ozark Trail in 1917. The Ozark Trail became Route 66 on 11 Nov 1926.

It's location in two states led to some interesting developments. Because of New Mexico's higher gasoline taxes, gas stations were on the Texas part of town. Because Deaf Smith County, Texas was a dry county, the bars and saloons were on the New Mexico part of town. Portions of The Grapes of Wrath were filmed in Glenrio.

See also:

• Ghost Towns in the United States