Mesquite, Borden County, Texas

Mesquite is a former town in Borden County, Texas, United States. From its inception, Mesquite remained a rural farming community. A school, established in 1905, served the area until 1952, after which the building appears to have been abandoned. Today, all that remains at the site of Mesquite are a Church of Christ and the abandoned schoolhouse.[2] The rest of the town appears to have been subsumed by private farms for crop land.

This article is about the ghost town in Borden County, Mesquite, Texas. For the Dallas suburb, see Mesquite, Texas.
Mesquite, Texas
Ghost town
Mesquite school (abandoned)
Mesquite
Mesquite
Coordinates: 32°52′13″N 101°37′49″W
Country United States
State Texas
CountyBorden
Physiographic regionLlano Estacado
Founded1905
Elevation2,966 ft (904 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)806
WebsiteHandbook of Texas

Geography

Mesquite is located on Farm to Market 1054, east of US Route 87 and north of US Route 180. The nearest large community is Lamesa, about 15 miles (24 km) to the southwest.

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See also

References
  1. "Mesquite". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Davis, Charles G. "Mesquite, TX (Borden County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved February 3, 2011.


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