McDuff is a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Bastrop County, Texas
Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,216. Bastrop County is included in the Austin–Round Rock, Texas, metropolitan ...
, United States. The community was located eight miles southwest of
Elgin, 12 miles northwest of
Bastrop, and 25 miles east of
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
. It was on an old stage mail route from Bastrop to Austin. Today, the town site would correspond roughly with the intersection of
Farm to Market Road 969
Farm to Market Road 969 (FM 969) is a farm-to-market road located in Travis and Bastrop counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
Route description
FM 969 begins at an intersection with Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard), east of Interstate 35. It pr ...
and Upper Elgin River Road.
History
The town was granted a post office in 1886, with James A. Wood as the first postmaster. The facility operated until 1906.
During the 1890s, the community had a population of 30, a
general store, and a
saloon. A one-teacher school with 19 students was known to be operating in 1905. In 1907, when Bastrop County commissioners' court divided the county into school districts, a district school was located in McDuff. The school was merged with the Elgin Independent School District in 1949.
During the 1940s, McDuff disappeared from county highway maps.
The McDuff Cemetery is now known as the J J Manor Cemetery, located on the Travis County side of the Travis/Bastrop county boundary.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Texas
Images
File:Clairemont Texas Abandoned Jail.jpg, Abandoned jail in Clairemont (Kent County)
File:Benton City Institute.jpg, Abandoned school in Benton City (Atascosa County)
File:Close City Texas abandoned school.jpg, Abandoned school in C ...
References
{{Bastrop County, Texas
Ghost towns in Texas
Ghost towns in Central Texas