Abandoned Record
About Tee Pee City
Tee Pee City is a ghost town located in eastern Motley County near Matador, Texas. The ghost town is near the confluence of Tee Pee Creek and the Middle Pease River in eastern Motley County.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Tee Pee City, 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 Tee Pee City is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Tee Pee City
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.
- 1954 Plainview sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Plainview sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1966 Ballard Camp sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Childress 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 Tee Pee City
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Tee Pee City": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Tee Pee City, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7694176.
- USGS GNIS 1369679.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).