Ashtola, Texas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ashtola
| settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area#United States|Unincorporated community]]
| pushpin_map = Texas
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas
| coordinates = {{coord|35.0064389|-101.0434843}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1351311 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Donley County, Texas|Donley]]
| elevation_m = 891
| elevation_ft = 2923
}}
'''Ashtola''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Donley County, Texas|Donley County]], [[Texas]], United States.

Situated on [[U.S. Route 287]], the town was built upon a stop of the [[Fort Worth and Denver Railway]], beginning in early 1906. A post office called '''Southard''' was opened in March of the same year, and operated until April 6, 1956. In 1916, resident W. A. Poovey attempted to rename the town from Southard to Poovieville, but other residents decided on Ashtola. The town declined after being bypassed by [[Interstate 40 in Texas|Interstate 40]] in the 1950s, and as of [[2000 United States census|2000]], had an estimated 25 residents, a growth from 20 between [[1970 United States census|1970]] and [[1990 United States census|1990]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=History of Ashtola, Texas: A Brief Overview |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ashtola-tx |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Browder |first=Virginia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcFBAAAACAAJ&dq=Donley+County:+Land+O'+Promise&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUz4i_uKeOAxX0GFkFHfXUMJIQ6AF6BAgFEAE |title=Donley County: Land O'promise |date=1975 |publisher=Nortex Press |isbn=978-0-89015-077-1 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Donley County, Texas}}
[[Category:1906 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Donley County, Texas]]