Tag: Coyanosa
Coyanosa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pecos County, Texas, United States. The population was 138 at the 2000 census.
Coyanosa is located at 31°14′26″N 103°03′58″W / 31.240532°N 103.066121°W / 31.240532; -103.066121 (31.240532, -103.066121). It is situated south of the intersection of Farm Roads 1776 and 1450, approximately 26 miles northwest of Fort Stockton in northwestern Pecos County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km), all of it land.
Coyanosa was originally settled as a ranching community in the early 1900s. A post office was established in 1908, but was discontinued ten years later. Further development of the community resumed in the 1950s as numerous water wells were drilled in the area to irrigate nearby cotton farms. By 1958, approximately 200 people lived in Coyanosa. The post office reopened and by the early 1960s, the population had risen to 600. Increasing fuel prices in the mid-1970s made…
