Jud, Texas
Encyclopedia
Jud is a ghost town
in extreme western Haskell County, Texas
, United States
. It lies on FM 617, 7 miles (11.3 km) west of Rochester. The Double Mountain Fork
and Salt Fork Brazos River merge about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of present day Jud to form the Brazos River
.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in extreme western Haskell County, Texas
Haskell County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, 6,093 people, 2,569 households, and 1,775 families resided in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 3,555 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies on FM 617, 7 miles (11.3 km) west of Rochester. The Double Mountain Fork
Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork, forming the Brazos River about west-northwest of...
and Salt Fork Brazos River merge about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of present day Jud to form the Brazos River
Brazos River
The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
.
History
Jud is a farming community with ruins of an old Baptist church being the only building left standing. Each summer, a music festival named JUD FEST takes place with performances by local and regional Texas country artists and a meat cookoff.See also
- Rath City, TexasRath City, TexasRath City was a frontier town which existed for less than five years and is presently a ghost town. The town was located on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River fourteen miles northwest of Hamlin in southern Stonewall County, Texas, United States.-History:...
, another ghost town on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos - Double Mountain (Texas)Double Mountain (Texas)Double Mountain is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as and that of the eastern...
- Brazos RiverBrazos RiverThe Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
- Double Mountain Fork Brazos RiverDouble Mountain Fork Brazos RiverThe Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork, forming the Brazos River about west-northwest of...
- Rochester, TexasRochester, TexasRochester is a town in northwestern Haskell County, Texas, United States. The population was 378 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Rochester is located at ....