The FORGOTTEN Texas GHOST TOWN off of HWY 290 you never heard of... 

Is Ledbetter a ghost town? 🤔

I’m glad you were able to visit our town. I was actually driving the black Dodge that crossed when you pulled up to the old house.

I give you an A+ for the work that you put in. But I grew up in a town not too far from now, which is Waller, Texas and Prairie View Texas. And that's just the way that those towns are built, they're very old and people go to school, they finish high school, they move out, they go to college and another location or another city or state. And they don't return home only just to visit the elders, then decide to retire there. There's nothing ghostly or scary about that at all. It's just the way that those towns are made up. When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike to a lot of those places, and it was very interesting to see and it's good to see that those buildings are still there because it's just like a reminder to the heart and the spirit. Where your childhood came from. I'm a country part of my heart.A lot of interesting and beautiful memories about growing up in places like that

You should have asked the firefighters for an interview. I’ll bet they have some interesting stories.

I lived there in the 70s. I know people who still live there. Definitely not a ghost town. Just small and old.

“If you are missing any family members look here” I laughed so loud when said that! Great video!

Never thought someone would visit the place ive grew up my whole life 😂😭

1992-1994, I went to college at Blinn in Brenham, not far from Ledbetter. I had several classes with a young lady named Robin, whose family owned (owns?) Stuermer Store. Each time I pass through Ledbetter (2-3 times per year) and see the store, I have a brief and happy flashback to my confused and outrageous college years. Seeing the store always gives me a smile.

I bet everyone in town is watching you! I can feel it from my computer! LOL! Seriously, towns like this I would stay away from especially at night. Stay safe.

Ghost town? Hardly One of the larger breeders of Suffolk draft horses in the US is in Ledbetter

My husband's grandmother used to work in the convenience store in Ledbetter. She also ran the grill at the old hall when they had monthly dances. We have family in Ledbetter, and some land farther down the CR, past the FD. Ledbetter is a lot safer than most other towns and I know at least our family are some of the sweetest, most welcoming people on the face of the earth. We have lots of family in that cemetary, and the pastor of the first church (Soul Cafe) is an incredible person.

Hi Raynell, I’ve been living in Austin for the past 2 years, originally from Louisiana. I love these videos! Makes me want to explore more small towns near me as well.

I never heard of Ledbetter. Thanks for teaching me something new.

i love old towns.. so much history..

HWY 290 is an interesting highway to travel. I've been up down it a few times. I can be on 290 in about 20 minutes.

I've never been there, so I looked up 'Homes for sale in Ledbetter, Texas,' and saw mobile homes for 299k and over a million for farmland and agricultural land. I wouldn't touch it if I had the cash in my pocket because of the crazy rules and regulations of rural living. ~~Keep-em coming~~ I'm learning.👍

pop. 936 Became a Settlement 1836, first town in the area county to get a railroad and 1st to have a post office, it's hey days were 1870's-1890's. Ledbetter declined starting in the 1940"s. Most of the decedents of original property owners live there today. Prosperity on outskirts of town cattle raising, farming, gravel, and oil. The first blacks were 20 of Mr. Ledbetter slaves , nine were killed in the massacre, from the native Indians. The German settlers began claiming land in the late 1800's. Love your channel exploring all the off the road towns! Keep it going!

How he feels so confident to be in these “small towns” are beyond me but I did enjoy the video I just hope you stay safe and everything. I hope RU-vid pays you good for your work.

It’s fun hearing your “inner dialog” out loud. 😂😂❤

Glad to add this channel of my growing list of Texas Travel channels, keep up with the great work.👍

I drive from Austin to Houston every other day, & never noticed. Then I saw that "crow" sign... 🤯mind blown

Ledbetter is not a ghost town, it's just a small town. They have a great Christmas trail of lights hayride every year benefiting the volunteer fire department.

First time seeing someone say something about where i live!

Bro, It's interesting that you're out there doing a RU-vid Channel. Thank you for your video.

Those trees by that house that you're looking at my grandma used to call those ghosts trees they had Vines running into him but their life is gone so my granny always called him ghost trees

You need to go to Winchester, Tx not far from Ledbetter as well! Great small community!

Great video ! I like me your approach to the subject matter 😊😊

Beach City Texas is an unincorporated city. It has a volunteer fire depth, a city council, city attorney, city Treasurer, city secretary. It's on Trinity Bay, it's a half mile wide at it's widest point, and 13 and a half miles long. Trinity Bay gets it's name due to the Trinity river emptying into the Upper Galveston Bay System ❤

Just ran across your channel, love it, subbed!

My mom was born and raised there. My brother and his family and several other family members live there. Many memories dancing and making hamburgers with my grandmother in Ledbetter Hall. Stuermer (pronounced Ster-mer) Store hosts an old-time Christmas hayride every year. …and I have a funny story about that scary house 😂.

❤❤ love watching

First time watcher and new subscriber! Enjoyed the video. I’ve driven through Ledbetter dozens of times over the years and enjoy looking at the old buildings off of 290. The town seems perfectly preserved in time, which I appreciate. Just last month I was driving through and got rerouted off of 290 and passed by that same overgrown abandoned old house. It is spooky looking! I do some metal detecting, so if anyone in the area knows places to detect or wouldn’t mind me detecting their property, please let me know.

I watched 290 being built. It went to 43rd street, then eventually Jersey Village. Then it went to Waller. My grandparents and cousins lived in Brenham and Waller. It used to be Hempstead highway. My aunt and uncle owned the drugstore in Waller for awhile.

You are a brave brother I bet the town dances are too much fun

I'm faculty at Blinn - Bryan. I've also taught at Brenham. I've been up and down 290 many times, too. I never knew it existed. Thanks for filling in a spot on the map.

Hey Raynell, if you ever find yourself in a place called Shive, off 281 between Lampasas and Hamilton, you know you are really lost. Ledbetter is like NYC compared to Shive. Love your videos/new subscriber.

You might try getting a copy of the Texas Handbook. It's full of information on all Texas towns.

Ledbetter ,Dimebox and Gidddens are old memories

didnt know this place, till i saw the crow sign i go by there a lot for my job

WOW! My dad used to live on a little ranch outside of Ledbetter.

I LIKE IT 👍 👌

You missed Koopers distillery? Best Old Fashion and great Bourbons and whiskey around.

Yes I lived in Austin for 3 months after moving out of Georgia and yes in the weird or secluded town the horses do just stare at you almost like a mannequin 😢

I used to go to family reunions at the fireman's hall.in the 80s

Just found your channel today. This is the 2nd video I watched and I have to say.....I laughed right along with many others! I live in a small town up in East Texas called Alba. It's a pretty old town, with a few ghosts and lots of skeletons in closets LOL. I love living in a small town and I sure don't want to move back into the DFW Metroplex. We moved out here from Garland, TX and it was the best move! Little Alba with no grocery store, but we have that good ole Dollar General and 2 convenience stores. Golden is very close to us and they have a small, family grocery store. We like to shop in Emory, another small town, or go to Mineola, a good sized small town. East Texas is the best place to live, imo. You should come and visit sometime!

I pass through there all the time going from Conroe to Austin lol

Your right never heard of Ledbetter.

7:25 "This is a ghost town." Meanwhile so much traffic, mowed lawns, and a bunch of fire trucks at this point. Great footage! I'd watch his footage exploring, but man does this guy miss the mark of what is a "Ghost Town." That takes me out of it. But will keep an eye out for what he does later.

I still work in that area. Carmine also

Yellowjacket, well I got stung by one BTW, this summer and it hurts bad, and can be fatal so please be careful. It is funny, but you be careful.

Not a ghost town. We’re all entitled to our opinions

I drove by a few weeks ago. I tripped out on the name and thought how’d it be if I drove through like you did. Ty

I wish you could hit some old pictures in. Like a before and after. If its available.

There are many others Marietta,Texas, Naples, Texas, Omaha, Texas

In the 1970s had a uncle that owned 200 acres there

That's the way we like it

I'm not from around Ledbetter Texas, but I have actually passed thru there a couple times on my way to and from Austin years ago. I think you're probably confusing a small town where few people live with an abandon town where no one cares any more. While Ledbetter does have its share of distressed properties, I wouldn't consider it a "ghost" town, by any means. The fact that the post office is still open is some indication there are still people in the near vicinity if not in the town proper. The Volunteer fire department is another indication. Just because there are few houses in the town doesn't mean there aren't a flock of people living just outside what you're seeing to act as volunteers for the VFD. Texans love living the country life where if you can see a neighbor's house from your place, you're right on top of each other! Back about fifty years ago, my Dad brought me to the town of Fowlerton in South Texas where his older sister was born in the 1920's. All that was left of the town were foundations of where buildings had once stood and where the roads had once been paved. Fowlerton has since revived somewhat with the Eagleford fracking boom. Personally, that's what I would consider a ghost town, but your definition may be different.

Why do you think that trailer in the back of that rundown house hadn't been removed 🤔

You should've went down turkey creek road by the water tower

Does it have a municipal water tower?

its small town for sure ive never been there i live in San Marcos

5:17 Don’t judge EVERY book by its cover. Some, like this one, are perfectly judge-able.

Looks like a nice place to live. I'm sure at night the sky is clear enough to see the stars. I wouldn't mind building a small home there just have some peace and quiet. I live in Brownsville Texas. It's getting horrible here with Elon Musk and his rockets. The city is growing and becoming expensive and neighborhoods are popping everywhere expensive neighbors to make things worse.

I live right by Ledbetter

A display case, not an aquarium. Uniroyal is a tire company. Yes, it is just you.

Go back now and look at the old hall, the fire dept is restoring. and dont forget Koopers distillery. not a ghost town

Swan texas .. along interstate 20 and highway 69

I don't live to far from Ledbetter . Roadtrip

Ledbetter is no ghost town, I've been there several times but I also used to live in LaGrange. Maybe you should go visit Plum

They have to get mail

I would not be there after dark.

Last census was done in 2020. They're every 10 years.

Burkette is a real ghost town. Check that one out, if you will

Try McDade

Well about the house and dead trees. In our field of services and what i teach my students is that when you see homes like that with dead trees eery vibes. That there could be some darker realmed beings there. The land spirits or fairies everyone has a name for them lol even nature angels. Which to me there all different. Some say there the same. When they are not able to safely be around. Thats when nature starts to look like this. There probably near by tending to near by. But not there. Even homes that are not abandoned same thing. if it is not cleansed and or not safe they will not tend to nature there. You will hear nature all around might see it to. But will not be there. Birds will be else where. They have ample of food there insects I'm sure. But will refuse to go to locations like that. Maybe other reasons to besides what i am mentioning. But i figured from our community of services like mediumship or paranormal investigating or supernatural etc. This is how we view this situations. But we still have to debunk things. And me i will but that is not my main focus for me. Some people it is. I hope this was a little helpful in some way.

For a ghost town that doesn't exist there sure are a lot of people showing up in your comments to prove that it does

I wonder if they still have to pay property taxes?

Thank you

If the government took the post office away then the town no longer exists?

Do you hear the rattlesnake

Ghost town but all you hear is traffic in the background 😒

Lol..Ledbetter a ghost town....Every town is a ghost town.

You forgot to give us the address of the post office!🧐 not would have been nice to know.🤔

You need to check the definition of a ghost town.

Ledbetter is not a ghost town or forgotten.

Dude have you ever re watched the video. I can't believe that you didn't//don't hear all the exaggerated sounds that sounds really evil

There’s quite a few “ghost towns” in that area

Property must be cheap

You are sooo extra 😅😅😅! There is nothing scary about that town. It looks beautiful and historical more than anything. The scary is probably in your head.

Flat stanley...

You don’t know what you are doing!..

No place to fish?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledbetter,_Texas

My old home town. Lots of family still there. So glad you stopped by. 🥰

Lol..Ledbetter a ghost town....Every town is a ghost town.

We live in Ledbetter. There are quite a few businesses open there. And the Fire dept works their butt off with the accidents that happen on 290 and surrounding streets. Ledbetter has a lot of info if you asked the Homemaker Ladies that where at the FD that day.

I laughed a lot watching this😂 I'm glad you visited! There's actually a lot of us out here! You are really only visiting " in town." That tree looks spooky bc it's dead, you really shouldn't walk under there. That Crows Antiques is closed up bc they went up to Round Top to create a world renowned antique show. It's about 12 mins East up the road. You'll find some of the best pie in the country there, too. You probs drove past it. You didn't complete the entire town cuz I didn't see the home I raised a couple of kids in, it's right off 290, always afraid they would wander too close. My neighbor here still owns it. I've since moved - to a much much smaller town abt 30 mins West up 290. If you the tea on LB, you should just come into Giddings, where I work or Carmine and ask around. Most the ppl and the new construction is down the county roads all around town. They mostly own large pieces of land and thier older family members live in, or died in those old houses in town. It's pretty dead but ya a newer post office bc that place used to be much busier. We have ALL KINDS of real ghost towns all around us tho! Much smaller ones! Try to find info on a place called, "Hills." That's where I'm at now, all that is left is LITERALLY one cemetery and a small state issued name sign along 290. Our houses are mostly so far down our driveway you can't see them. There's lots of us out here, all with guns, definitely be careful near private property❤ We all have internet lol! I don't know anyone who has better internet that I do!! Idk how😂 but it works. Also, you might look into Serbin Tx, its about 30 mins away also! It's full of history and actually is pretty big, but with no actual "town." Except the church/school/cemetery and the museum. There's a few historical buildings, probably abt 6 in total. There's lots of ppl, but you don't see more than abt 6 houses. There's an adult baseball team (that kicks everyone elses ass all around here actually) and a fire department a few miles away that serves all these tiny towns as there really are a lot. Btw, that information you're looking for on LB would be found on the Fayette County, TX website.

There’s a road in ledbetter named after my grandpa ! So weird to see the town on a youtube video lol. Wouldn’t say ghost town but everyone really loves their peace ! really a pretty place ! still have family that lives there

Been to 'ghost towns' like Stoney (TX) northwest of Ponder when I was a kid, that is not a 'ghost town.'

Coming across this I originally thought it was about Winkleman or Gay Hill. This looks like a sundown town.