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Pecos (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs [4]) is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States. [5] It is in the valley on the west bank of the Pecos River at the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas and just south of New Mexico's border.
Pecos County (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs [1]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,193. [2] The county seat is Fort Stockton. [3] The county was created in 1871 and organized in 1875. [4] [5] It is named for the Pecos River. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos ...
The Texas and Pacific Railway built through Reeves County in 1881, with stations at Pecos [15] and Toyah. [16] By 1890, the Pecos River Railway [17] had built from Pecos to New Mexico. Toyahvale, [18] which means "flowing water", became the western terminus of the railroad. Balmorhea State Park was built at Toyahvale by the Civilian ...
The town of Pecos, just over the New Mexico/Texas border, experienced a population increase from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census Data, with increased oil and gas activity.
The Pecos River (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs [4]) (Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande.Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). [5]
The Yates Oil Field is a giant oil field in the Permian Basin of west Texas. Primarily in extreme southeastern Pecos County, it also stretches under the Pecos River and partially into Crockett County. Iraan, on the Pecos River and directly adjacent to the field, is the nearest town. The field has produced more than one billion barrels of oil ...
A Union Pacific train that derailed following a collision in Pecos, Texas, on Wednesday left two people dead and three others injured.. Pecos City Manager Charles Lino said the incident began when ...
A train derailment in Pecos, Texas, left one person dead and four others injured on Wednesday. Pecos City Manager Charles Lino said the incident began when a train struck a tractor-trailer on the ...