Official Name: | Finlay, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Texas |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label: | Finlay |
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: | 1203 |
Elevation Ft: | 3947 |
Coordinates: | 31.2586°N -105.63°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 79839 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Finlay, Texas is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States, 17miles 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 one hundred inhabitants in the 1940s.[2]