Exploring the ghost town of Stiles, Texas

Exploring the ghost town of Stiles, Texas

STILES, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The next stop for our ghost town is going to be Stiles, Texas. Right along Highway 137, north of Big Lake in Reagan County, Stiles was on the Butterfield Overland Mail route in the mid-1800s before being settled by sheep and goat ranchers in the 1890s. The town was named after Gordon Stiles who donated land for the townsite. Shortly after William G. Stiles applied for a post office in 1894. The only building that is s…