La Salle County is a county in Texas, United States, on the brush country between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. It had a population of 6,664 at the 2020 census and covers 1,494 square miles (3,870 km2) centred near 28\u00b020\u2032N 99\u00b006\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Cotulla is the county seat, and its postal code is 78014. The county has 2 incorporated cities and 3 unincorporated communities. La Salle County is in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
La Salle County has 9 named places on record, split between 2 incorporated cities and 7 unincorporated communities and hamlets. Cotulla, the seat, holds most of the county’s population; the rest of the county is ranchland dotted with small crossroads settlements.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotulla<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Encinal<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Artesia Wells<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fowlerton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Los Angeles<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Millett<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dull<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gardendale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woodward<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nZIP Codes<\/h2>\nLos Angeles and Woodward are small crossroads settlements with no ZIP code of their own; mail for them routes through the nearest listed post office town.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nLa Salle County sits in the South Texas Brush Country, a flat-to-rolling landscape of mesquite, huisache and prickly pear grazing land drained by the Nueces River, which crosses the county’s northeastern corner. The county covers 1,487 square miles of land and 7.5 square miles of water, almost all of it ranch country with a low, dispersed population. Bordering counties are Frio County to the north, Atascosa County to the northeast, McMullen County to the east, Webb County to the south, Dimmit County to the west and Zavala County to the northwest.<\/p>\n Demographics<\/h2>\nLa Salle County had 6,664 residents at the 2020 census. Cotulla and Encinal are the two largest communities, together holding a majority of the county’s population. Hispanic and Latino residents make up the large majority of the county. Median household income in La Salle County runs well below the Texas median of $75,780, reflecting the county’s rural, ranching-and-oilfield economic base. Population density is roughly 4.5 people per square mile, among the more sparsely settled counties in South Texas.<\/p>\n Economy & Local Life<\/h2>\nRanching has anchored La Salle County’s economy since the 19th century, and the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas boom brought a second wave of drilling and related jobs to the county starting around 2010. Cotulla ISD is the county’s main public employer alongside county government and oilfield service companies. Hunting leases for white-tailed deer and quail on the county’s large private ranches are a significant seasonal source of local income.<\/p>\n History<\/h2>\nLa Salle County was created from Bexar and Webb counties in 1858 and organized in 1880. It is named for Ren\u00e9-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the 17th-century French explorer who claimed the Mississippi basin, including much of Texas, for France. Cotulla, founded in the 1860s as a stop on the cattle trail and later the International-Great Northern Railroad, grew into the county’s dominant town and became the county seat.<\/p>\n Getting There<\/h2>\nInterstate 35 runs the length of La Salle County, linking Cotulla directly to San Antonio and Laredo.<\/p>\n
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