Abandoned Record
About Austinia
Austinia was a ghost town on the west bank of Galveston Bay in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The site lies near present-day Texas City on Dollar Point, within the Bolivar Peninsula region.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Austinia, 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 Austinia is
Historic maps
10 historic USGS maps cover Austinia
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.
- 1929 Texas City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1932 Texas City sheet, 1:31,680 · GeoTIFF download
- 1943 Texas City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1943 Texas City sheet, 1:25,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1950 Houston sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Texas City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Houston sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1975 Houston sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Galveston sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1994 Texas City sheet, 1:24,000 · 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 Austinia
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Austinia, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q135436277.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).