Birchville, or Smith Ranch, now a ghost town, was located in what is now Hudspeth County, Texas, United States.

[3] An eating house provided travelers a meal during stagecoach stops while the horses were being changed.

During the Civil War, Lyles remained in the area providing mesquite beans, to the Union Army garrison at Franklin, Texas (El Paso).

It may have been obliterated by the floods of the Rio Grande in 1867 or during the later 19th century, or buried under agricultural lands along the river.

Mileage from San Elizario on the old road put it approximately two miles south of the El Paso - Hudspeth County line nearby Texas State Highway 20.