{"id":8170,"date":"2023-09-20T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:17","slug":"presidio-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/presidio-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidio County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presidio County is a county in Texas, United States, in the Trans-Pecos region along the Rio Grande border with Mexico. It had a population of 6,131 people at the 2020 census and covers 3,855 square miles (9,980 km2) of land, centred near 30°00′N 104°14′W.<\/p>\n

Marfa is the county seat, and its postal code is 79843. The county has 2 incorporated cities and a scatter of small unincorporated border communities strung along FM 170 and the Rio Grande. Presidio County sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 48377.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Presidio County<\/h2>\n

Presidio County has two incorporated municipalities — Marfa and Presidio — and roughly a dozen unincorporated settlements, most of them small ranching or farming communities along the river. Texas has no civil townships, so the table below omits that column.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Marfa<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n1,701<\/td>\n79843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presidio<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n3,769<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79846<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valentine<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candelaria<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruidosa<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shafter<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casa Piedra<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porvenir<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polvo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pueblo Nuevo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinati<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plata<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Valentine sits close to the Presidio–Jeff Davis county line; its post office ZIP (79854) serves addresses on both sides, so residents there sometimes list either county. Shafter, once a booming silver-mining camp, is now a near-ghost town with only a handful of year-round residents.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n