Finlay, Texas

Finlay, Texas
Ghost Town
Finlay, Texas

Location within Texas

Coordinates: 31°15′31″N 105°37′48″W / 31.25861°N 105.63000°W / 31.25861; -105.63000Coordinates: 31°15′31″N 105°37′48″W / 31.25861°N 105.63000°W / 31.25861; -105.63000
Country United States
State Texas
County Hudspeth
Elevation 3,947 ft (1,203 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 79839
Area code 915
GNIS feature ID 1379766

Finlay, Texas is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, 17 miles (27 km) west of Sierra Blanca.[1] The community was named after J.R. Finlay. It had two post offices. One was built in 1890 but never opened. The other was established in 1903. Finlay slowly grew in the early 20th century, but the last population figure was a hundred inhabitants in the 1940s.[2]

References

  1. TexasEscapes - Finlay
  2. Kohout, Martin Donell. "Finlay, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.


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