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Pecos
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city in and county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Reeves
- Mayor
- Teresa Winkles
- Total
- 22.22 sq mi (57.56 km )
- Land
- 22.22 sq mi (57.56 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,582 ft (787 m)
- Density
- 580/sq mi (224/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-56516
- Website
- http://www.pecostx.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Pecos
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Reeves County
- Population
- 12916
- Area
- 18.924896
- Elevation
- 793
- Capital of
- Reeves County
- Official website
- www.townofpecoscitytx.com
- Image
- Pecos texas stores.jpg
- Households
- 2729
- Dialing code
- 432
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- Commons category
- Pecos, Texas
- IPA transcription
- ˈpeɪkəs
- topic's main category
- Category:Pecos, Texas
- postal code
- 79772
- different from
- Pecos County
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 20073
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Encyclopedic overview
Pecos (/ˈpeɪkəs/ PAY-kəs) is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States. 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. Its population was 12,916 at the 2020 census. On January 24, 2012, Pecos City appeared on the Forbes 400 as the second-fastest growing small town in the United States. The city is a regional commercial center for ranching, oil and gas production, and agriculture. The city is most recognized for its association with the local cultivation of cantaloupes. Pecos claims to be the site of the world's first rodeo on July 4, 1883.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pecos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.