Finlay, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States
31°15′31″N 105°37′48″W / 31.25861°N 105.63000°W / 31.25861; -105.63000CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyHudspethElevation
3,947 ft (1,203 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes
79839
Area code915GNIS feature ID1379766

Finlay, Texas is a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States, 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 one 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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