Nickelville is a ghost town in Collin County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]

Nickelville, Texas
Nickelville is located in Texas
Nickelville
Nickelville
Nickelville is located in the United States
Nickelville
Nickelville
Coordinates: 33°1′7″N 96°31′44″W / 33.01861°N 96.52889°W / 33.01861; -96.52889
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCollin
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID2033986[1]

History

edit

It was reportedly named after the name of the first store, and was organized in the early 1870s. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway laid tracks a half mile north of the original townsite in 1886. The businesses of Nickelville moved to take advantage of the railroad within the following year. The site to where they moved became known as Wylie.

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Nickelville, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.