Bust Out the Febreze, These Are the Stinkiest Towns in Texas

Hereford is home to a cattle processing plant. The town describes their smell as 'eye watering'.

No one can really pinpoint what reeks in Texarkana. Many say it's the paper mill. Others say it's dead animals, garbage dumpsters, manure and dog food.

Home to that 72 oz. steak challenge. Also several feed lots and cattle processing plants. Guess that's why they have so much steak to give away in that town.

Today I learned a town named Cactus exists. Also home to some more meat processing plants. We love our meat here in Texas.

The only major Texas city on the list. Houston is home to LyondellBasell plant. They make food containers, medical syringes, carpeting, diapers, roofing materials and plastic components in vehicles. The plant gives off a lovely burning sulfur smell.

Also known locally as "Stinkadena," many people in Pasadena blame the local polysilicon manufacturing plant.

Locals blame all the chemical plants in the area for the foul stench. A quick Google search gives me eleven different chemical plants in the Deer Park area.

This is an oil refinery town, so you have that occasional smell, but the brings a lot of money into the city. Just something to deal with.

Post keeps the oil theme going, but they just call it the 'smell of money'.

The town has a lingering sewage odor problem. Also back in 2012, in downtown Waco, dead crickets infested the walls of several businesses, forcing them to close for a period of time due to the smell.

This town made the cut because back in 2013 local farms started using a new natural fertilizer. Residents said they couldn't leave their homes due to the smell.

It's Texas, so another oil city is making the list.

The oil towns keep popping up. However, Odessa is also home to an oilfield waste landfill. Which can cause some strange odors from time to time.