Pila Blanca, Texas

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Pila Blanca is a ghost town in Duval County, Texas, 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]

Ghost town City depopulated of inhabitants and that stays practically intact

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Duval County, Texas County in the United States

Duval County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,782. The county seat is San Diego. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1876. It is named for Burr H. Duval, a soldier in the Texas Revolution who died in the Goliad Massacre.

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Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

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Coordinates: 27°48′23″N98°28′22″W / 27.80639°N 98.47278°W / 27.80639; -98.47278

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