Watkins is a ghost town in Terrell County, Texas, United States.

[1] The area was inhabited by Native American c. 6,000 years ago.

The area was later established in 1882 at a station of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway.

The settlement was named for a local roadmaster who built some railways for Terrell County.

In 1934, the Buffalo Bayou Railway was acquired by Texas and New Orleans Railroad, who straigtened the track to bypass Watkins.