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West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio. No consensus exists on the boundary between East Texas and West Texas. [1] While most Texans understand these terms, no boundaries are officially ...
Trans-Pecos. The Trans-Pecos, as originally defined in 1887 by the Texas geologist Robert T. Hill, is the distinct portion of Texas that lies west of the Pecos River. [1] The term is considered synonymous with Far West Texas, a subdivision of West Texas. [2] The Trans-Pecos is part of the Chihuahuan Desert, the largest desert in North America.
July 14, 1971. Designated RTHL. 1936, 1963, 1968. The Fort McKavett State Historic Site is a former United States Army installation located in Menard County, Texas. The fort was first established in 1852 as part of a line of forts in Texas intended to protect migrants traveling to California. The fort was deemed unnecessary and abandoned in ...
Ranch to Market Road 505 (RM 505) lies entirely within Jeff Davis County in the Trans-Pecos region of far West Texas. Intended to provide a link between the county's only two incorporated areas, Valentine and Fort Davis , RM 505 begins at a junction with US 90 south of Valentine and travels about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) east to an intersection with ...
U.S. Highway 62. U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is a US highway that runs from the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX to the Canada-US border at Niagara Falls, NY. In Texas, the highway exists in two segments separated by a segment in New Mexico. US 62 is a major corridor in West Texas as it connects the cities of El Paso and Lubbock.
FIPS code. 48-77332 [5] GNIS feature ID. 2412216 [2] Website. City Website. West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. [6] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,531. [3][7] It is named after Thomas West, the first postmaster of the city. [8]
As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Western region of the United States includes 13 states, [ 1 ] with a total 2020 population of 78,588,572. [ 3 ] The West is one of the most sparsely settled areas in the United States with 49.5 inhabitants per square mile (19.1 inhabitants/km 2).
Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.