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Unincorporated ghost town in the northwestern corner of the county, about 15 miles from the county seat. A booming railroad stop in the 1890s and part of the Saint Jo–Belcherville orchard belt, Belcherville dwindled after the railroad declined and the orchards were reduced; a small number of residents remain.
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Submit a business →Unincorporated community in west-central Montague County, 15 miles west of the county seat. The townsite dates to 1893 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway arrived; the broader settlement goes back to the early 1870s.
Read article →Small unincorporated crossroads community northeast of Bowie, at the junction of FM 1956 and FM 677. Named for local figure E. G. (Cap) Adams, who gave the corner filling station its identity. Established around 1925.
Read article →A Butterfield Overland Mail relay station operated near present-day Sunset as early as 1858, making it one of the county's earliest transportation nodes. Permanent settlement followed in 1870; the post office opened in 1880. Sunset incorporated as a city in 1884 and disincorporated April 19, 2007.
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Ghost-town remnant on US-82 between Saint Jo and Nocona; orchard-belt heritage
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