12 Towns in Texas That Make No Sense — Until You Know Why

Texas has over 500 ghost towns. But the ones that survived? Some of them are even harder to explain. From a town called Ding Dong (named after a sign painter's joke) to a county of 64 people sitting on a $60 million oil budget, these are 15 real Texas towns with names, origins, and histories so absurd they sound completely made up. Every single one has a real explanation. And every single explanation is weirder than the name. We're covering church fights that named towns, post office bureaucracy that created places called Nameless and Tarzan, a community that sold its identity to a satellite TV company, a boomtown so violent the governor sent in the National Guard, a ghost town that only reappears during droughts, and a desert railroad stop that somehow became one of the most famous art destinations on the planet. This is Texas. Nothing here makes sense until it does. 🔔 Subscribe for daily videos on the best (and weirdest) places to live, dream retirement spots, real estate tips, and everything about life in Texas. 📌 TOWNS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Ding Dong, TX (Bell County) Tarzan, TX (Martin County) Nameless, TX (Travis County) Cut and Shoot, TX (Montgomery County) DISH, TX (Denton County) Uncertain, TX (Harrison County) Gun Barrel City, TX (Henderson County) Notrees, TX (Ector County) Luckenbach, TX (Gillespie County) Terlingua, TX (Brewster County) Loving County / Mentone, TX Old Bluffton, TX (Llano County) Indianola, TX (Calhoun County) Borger, TX (Hutchinson County) Marfa, TX (Presidio County) #texas #smalltown #texastowns #weirdtexas #ghosttowns #texashistory #bestplacestolive #texasliving #texasrealestate #americantowns #hiddengems #marfatexas #texastravel #strangetowns #texasfacts