Laurelia is a ghost town in central Polk County, Texas, United States.

The town was founded after Judge Claiborne Holshausen built a sawmill in 1880.

The location grew into a town and was named for the laurel that dominated the area.

[1] The mill remained the nucleus of the town, and after the sawmill burned in 1913, the town dwindled.

This article about a location in Polk County, Texas is a stub.