Thurber Historic District | |
 Thurber Historic District | |
  Thurber Historic District  Thurber Historic District | |
| Nearest city | Mingus, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°30′26″N 98°25′2″W / 32.50722°N 98.41722°W |
| Area | 1,006 acres (407 ha) |
| Built | 1886 |
| Built by | Texas Pacific Coal Mining Company |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002936[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 17, 1979 |
Thurber is an unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States[2] (near the Palo Pinto county line), located 75 miles west of Fort Worth. It was, between 1888 and 1921, one of the largest producers of bituminous coal in Texas and the largest company town in the state, with a population of over 10,000.[3] The population of the community is 48 per the 2010 United States Census.[citation needed]