Shafter Texas

[jeff of pa]

• Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
• 03 Oct 1931, Sat

Shafter is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas. The Texas Attorney General's Office gives a population of 11 as of the 2000 Census. It was named in honor of General William R. Shafter, who at one point commanded the nearby Fort Davis. In the early 1900s, six silver mines were in operation near Shafter