Bushdale, Texas

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Bushdale, a former small German community, is now a ghost town in Milam County, Texas, United States, three miles north of Rockdale. [1] The town never grew much during its "primetime", as Bushdale only contained a one-teacher school and a few businesses. [2] The school was consolidated with Rockdale in 1949. [3] Today, only the cemetery remains.

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