Abandoned Record
About Alexander
Alexander is an unincorporated community located in southern Erath County in Central Texas, United States. Alexander is located in the southern part of the county, along Texas State Highway 6 and Fm-914.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Alexander, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Alexander is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Alexander
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1890 Stephenville sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1920 Stephenville sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Abilene sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Abilene sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Alexander sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Stephenville sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Alexander
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Alexander, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4718115.
- USGS GNIS 1329346.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).