Abandoned Record
About Ora
Ora is a ghost town in Angelina County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ora, 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 Ora is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Ora
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.
- 1953 Palestine sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Palestine sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Broaddus sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Etoile South sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Palestine sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Lufkin sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1992 Lufkin sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 2003 Etoile South 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 Ora
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Ora, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q110530758.
- USGS GNIS 1382441.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).