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Ghost town
Laurelia Location in Texas Show map of Texas Laurelia Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Polk
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

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

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