Adobes, Texas

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Adobes was a small farming community{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hva43|title=ADOBES, TX|work=tshaonline.org}} and now a ghost town,{{cite web|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/Adobes-Texas.htm|title=Adobes, Texas.|work=texasescapes.com}} located on the Rio Grande and Farm to Market Road 170 in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It was founded in the 1870s. Cotton began to be grown in the area in 1914, and by 1930 the community had {{convert|750|acre}} of irrigated land.

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