Posted in Texas July 11, 2016 by Katie Lawrence

Most People Have No Idea There’s An Underwater Ghost Town Hiding In Texas

As children, we heard many a tale of the sunken city of Atlantis, and although our naive minds might have believed it then, we’ve written it off as nothing more than folklore in adulthood.

What if I told you that we have our very own Atlantis right here in Texas?

That’s right. Now, it may not be home to a strange underwater species (or any sentient life at all), but the concept is the same and it’s pretty darn neat. The town was called Bluffton, and it got submerged in 1937 when Lake Buchanan was filled – a tragic event for many locals who had to leave behind the precious lives that they spent so long cultivating.

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Lake Buchanan is a beautiful, peaceful body of water in Central Texas. So peaceful, in fact, that it's hard to believe the somber secret hiding underneath...

The long-lost city of Bluffton was swallowed in a tragic flood, and all that remains of it are ruins under the depths of the water.

In periods of extreme drought, the water recedes enough to uncover graves, human skulls, rudimentary tools, and even a cemetery for freed slaves.

Historians are absolutely blown away by this discovery and are using it to learn more about the people who once inhabited this area.

Some of the larger artifacts include the foundations of a hotel, a tank, parts of a cotton gin, and concrete from a Texaco station.

It's crazy that these man-made structures can withstand one of nature's most powerful forces...

...and even crazier that these structures were once buildings full of life and memories that are long-forgotten since being doomed to a watery grave.

Have you ever heard about or even visited Bluffton when it was above water? If you enjoyed this article and want to read about more ghost towns, click here.