REEVES COUNTY, TEXAS

31° 19' 12" N, 103° 40' 48" W (31.32, -103.68)
Population: 14,921 Est. (2016) 13,783 (2010)
Total area: 2,642 square miles (6,840 km2)
2,635 square miles (6,820 km2) land
6.7 square miles (17 km2) water

Reeves County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Eddy County, New Mexico (N) Loving County (NE) Ward County (E) Pecos County (SE) Jeff Davis County (SW) Culberson County (W)

Reeves County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker:

REEVES COUNTY
Formed from Pecos County,
created April 14, 1883,
organized November 4, 1884.
Named in honor of George Robertson Reeves, 1826-1882, A colonel in the Confederate Army, member of the Texas legislature.
Pecos, the county seat.

Historical Marker (Cedar & 1st Street, Pecos):

REEVES COUNTY - PECOS, TEXAS
Flat, arid, grassy land with a moderate water supply from the Pecos River and springs in Toyah Valley. Yuma Indians are thought to have done irrigated framing her in 16th century. Mexicans later raised vegetables, grain. Cattlemen moved in during the 1870s. Texas & Pacific Railway opened route to El Paso in 1882. Farmers, merchants, mechanics settled in Pecos City and Toyah. County was irrigated agriculture began about 1900. Only dam on Pecos River in Texas was built in this county 1935. Privately owned deep wells are also used.
(1967)

Reeves County Courthouse

Reeves County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Reeves County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Pecos
Book Hotel Here - Pecos Hotels

Angeles ghost town

Arno ghost town

Balmorhea

Brogado

Dixieland ghost town

Orla ghost town

Pecos County Seat

Saragosa ghost town

Toyah ghost town

Toyahvale

Verhalen ghost town

Reeves County Vintage Maps

From 1907 Texas state map #2090 showing Reeves County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1920 Texas state map #10749 showing Reeves County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1940 Texas state map #4335 showing Reeves County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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