Official Name: | Etholen, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Texas |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label: | Etholen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hudspeth |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1416 |
Elevation Ft: | 4646 |
Coordinates: | 31.2256°N -105.4244°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 79839 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Etholen is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States, allegedly located four miles west of Sierra Blanca.[1] Different sources claim different things about when the town was founded, but particularly it was during the 1880s.[2] Etholen never grew to more than a small railroad station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as the population was fewer than 25 by the mid-20th century. Etholen was removed from maps in the 1960s.