McGirk, Texas

McGirk, Texas
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 31°31′05″N 98°19′53″W / 31.51806°N 98.33139°W / 31.51806; -98.33139
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Hamilton
Elevation [1]	1,398 ft (426 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	2034980[1]

McGirk is a ghost town located in Hamilton County near the Lampasas River in Central Texas, United States. Founded in the early 1870s, the town acquired a post office in 1882. John A. McGirk, the town's namesake, also served as the first postmaster. A steam-operated cotton gin on the Lampasas River remained in place for many years. The post office closed by 1920 and the school was gone by the mid-1930s. The town still had a population of 25 in 1945, but post war opportunities drew off that meager number and the town became a ghost.^{[citation needed]}