Wastella is a
ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
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* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
in northwest
Nolan County, Texas
Nolan County is a county located in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,738. Its county seat is Sweetwater. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. It is named for Phi ...
,
United States
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. It is located at the intersection of
U.S. Highway 84 and Farm to Market Road 1982, about northwest of
Roscoe. It lies within the physiographic region known as the Rolling Plains to the southeast of the high plains of the
Llano Estacado.
History
Wastella was platted 8 miles northwest of Roscoe on land provided by Will Neeley when the
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway was constructed in 1908.
Neely named the town site for his eldest daughter, Wastella.
Wastella grew slowly and was never very large, but at one time it had a few stores, a hotel, a school, and a post office that opened in 1907. Despite its key location along the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway, Wastella suffered from its close proximity to more significant towns such as
Snyder, Roscoe, and
Hermleigh. The post office closed in the early 1930s. In 1980 and 1990, the population was 13, and the population dropped to only four in 2000.
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See also
*Clear Fork Brazos River
The Clear Fork Brazos River is the longest tributary of the Brazos River of Texas. It originates as a dry channel or draw in Scurry County about northeast of Hermleigh and runs for about through portions of Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Shackelford ...
* Brazos Wind Ranch
*Roscoe Wind Farm
The Roscoe Wind Farm near Roscoe, Texas is one of the world's largest-capacity wind farms. With 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, owned and operated by RWE. At the time of its completion in 2009, it was the largest wi ...
* List of ghost towns in Texas
References
External links
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Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado
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Ghost towns in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Nolan County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas