Nile, Texas

Nile is an abandoned ghost town in Milam County, Texas, 9 miles west of Rockdale;[1] it is named after the Nile River in Africa.[2] Its population peaked at 35 in 1896, when it had two cotton gins and a general store. The school, which had 43 students in 1903, consolidated with Thorndale in 1946. Today, nothing remains of Nile.[3]

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