Canyon City is a town located in
Canyon Lake fed by the
Guadalupe River in
Comal County
Comal County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 161,501. Comal County is known for its rich German-Texan and European history. Its county seat is New Braunfels.
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, United States, in what is now
Canyon Lake.
History
Canyon City is said to be a small town on the Guadalupe River built in the mid-19th century in the Canyon Basin, north of
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. The city is said to be fully intact and the use of
SCUBA equipment can allow divers to see the remains of the city that was covered up by the construction of
Canyon Dam in 1964. The city is an unverified "Cowboy Tale" that stems from locals who remember the story of the sunken city and the
Army Corps of Engineers relocation of Canyon City to what now is
Canyon Lake, population 16,870 at the 2000 census.
External links
Chamber of commerce
Former cities in Texas
Geography of Comal County, Texas
Ghost towns in Central Texas
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