Pila Blanca, Texas

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Pila Blanca is a ghost town in Duval County, Texas, United States, located a mile and a half south of Highway 44 on Farm to Market Road 3196. It is ten miles southeast of Freer and twenty-five miles west of Alice. Today, there are a few residences and buildings remaining, but the precise population is unknown. A cemetery and an old water tower still exist in town. [1]

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