Cedar Station | |
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  Cedar Station Location in the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 29°54′56″N101°54′39″W / 29.91556°N 101.91083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Terrell County |
| Founded | 1947 [1] |
| Elevation | 1,864 ft (568 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 0 [2] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | (no longer supported by GNIS) |
Cedar Station is a ghost town in Terrell County, Texas, United States. [1] [3]
The village was founded in 1947 by T.H. Eastman and family, and was composed by a wooden house and a gas station on the U.S. Highway 90. It was abandoned a few decades later. [1]
Cedar Station lies 16 miles east of Dryden, 38 east of Sanderson, the county seat; and 12 west of the ghost town of Pumpville, in the adjacent Val Verde County. The Mexican border, on the Rio Grande River, is 12 miles south. [4]
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