10 SMALLEST Towns in TEXAS

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Have you ever wondered what the smallest towns in Texas look like? Well I drove all around the state searching for them and here they are! This was such a fun trip! The largest town on this list is 63, while the smallest actually has zero! Some of these towns were started in the late 1800's and have slowly gotten smaller decade after decade. Some of them were created to get around the liquor laws in Texas and never grew to be very large. This was a very fun and interesting trip!

T-shirt: Wakiliwood Uganda

0:00 Intro
0:40 Putnam
4:37 Toyah
8:57 Lakeview
13:18 Dayton Lakes
16:08 Spofford
18:34 Draper/Corral City
21:53 Los Ybanez
25:29 Quintana
30:49 Impact
34:23 Mustang
39:27 Final Thoughts
40:07 Outtakes

Music
You are the Only - TrackTribe
Under the Wire - The Mini Vandals
All Hail the Queen - Dan Lebowitz
Michigan Greens - Dan Lebowitz
Jeremiah's Song - Dan Lebowitz
Western Spaghetti - Chris Haugen
Log Cabin - SIlent Partner
5-O-July - Dan Lebowitz

[michaelbagley]

Thanks to your show. We moved our small business to one of those towns. Everybody was able to buy a home cheap. Shippers are not a problem. We are only a short drive from any entertainment or there is streaming. No real crime and quite happy.

[leebirdwell]

Interesting story about Putnam you may enjoy. It would have been around 1963 my family was returning from California to our home in Irving, Tx and the car broke down. At 4:30 is a filling station in the video. We spent 5 days there broke down. Behind the service station is a white house. There was a lady who lived there who ran a kind of cafe in her kitchen. At that time there was no other place to eat in town. My parents car was a 1958 Borgward. Nobody in that area had heard of one, much less have parts available. My stepfather had to call somebody in Dallas to get the parts and send them on the Greyhound bus to Putnam. As a kid, that was a great adventure.

[kathleenlannen]

My sister and I were driving around near Fredericksburg, and decided to find Luckenbach, TX. We found it, but it was just a bar and a little store.We thought it would be bigger. On the way home, we sang the song and laughed!!

[oliviacartwright]

My grandmother was born and raised in Toyah, we would walk around the whole town in under 20 minutes. fond memories of that itty bitty town.

[mariaejasso]

As a native Texan, I found this video to be very informative. Thank you for sharing your research with us. 😊

[ryanehlis]

I love going to local cafes in rural small towns :)

[stixstat]

Wow! You covered some boot kickin Country! A Lot of Miles!

[tijuanachaplin]

When I was a kid in the '70's, I lived in a tiny desert town of Goldsmith, Texas. The sheriff rode a horse lol.

[margitwes]

That was enjoyable. Yeah, Texas is a whole-other-country!

[JoeThornton-iz]

I am a daughter of a cattle rancher here is Tx. I see what our government is doing to the ranch industry, It just makes me sick.

[TheAsif]

woow.
best thing between u and other vlogger who has been there in their videos is, u enters the abandoned area to show how it looks like now .
thank u very much .
indeed .
quintana is the place where my soul calls to go .
it seems like u hit the bulls'eye of my soul .

[markginsel]

As a native Texan, great video! Informative/well done with the drone shots.

[cquinn]

I've always felt a sense of sadness for the dried-up little towns in Texas. I live in one. when I see the old businesses in pictures and view the abandoned buildings today it just seems like such a waste. there was so much life there at one point and now.... through circumstance, lack of foresight, vision, planning, adapting etc... take your pick.... it's all lost. What was is no more and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. God Bless the little man and the little town <3

[bpm]

Native Texan, have family all over the state. It's amazing how oil, railroads, ports, cattle and even liquor laws shaped this state over the years.

[Roadtripmik]

I love your content man! Most of us youtubers focus on urban areas but you got the midwest focused on!! Very interesting content

[susanh]

I was a trial lawyer in Sacramento and my husband decided to move us to Alto, Texas! Yeah, no country club, no tennis club, no courthouse, no library. My husband wanted to help his pastor friend start a church in Alto. Noble idea, but we lasted less than a year. 😮

[VRodz-]

Happy to find a community that enjoys small rural towns and great architectural structures.
Like button smashed 👍🏻

[clarencecastillo]

Thanks for the video on my home state.
Look forward to more of your travels. ✌

[nickreynolds]

Great video, man!! We love these tiny towns and the stories behind them.

[travis]

Wow, the house at about the 3:48 mark, that must have been a mighty house when it was first built.