Green Valley, Texas

The ghost town is about 8 miles away from the city of Denton and rests near the Elm Fork in the Trinity River.

They were drawn to the valley because of its abundance of water, fertile soil, and a large amount of trees that would protect settlers from Native Americans.

Sometime in the early 1870s, a man named Henry Clay Wilmoth arrived at Toll Town and began teaching at a subscription school.

[3] After the post office was constructed, the town grew with the addition of three stores and a blacksmith shop.

According to residents of the time, the school was "poorly furnished" and parents had to either make or bring their own furniture and equipment.

[3] After the old school was gone the leader of the South Crowd knew he wouldn't be able to relocate a new schoolhouse closer to the southern portion of the town, so it was built where the old one was.

The railway system was supposed to bring people to Green Valley in a modern and much quicker way.

Shortly after, the town of Aubrey was founded and almost everyone in Green Valley moved there to be closer to the railroad.

Much of the area has also been secured by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for Ray Roberts Lake.

These factors have led to debate over whether to consider Green Valley as a ghost town or an unincorporated community.