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Welcome to Marfa ...The city of Marfa is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Marfa is located in Presidio County<1> and is the County Seat for Presidio County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Marfa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Marfa has a population of 1,608 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Marfa is 4,690 feet [1,430 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Marfa is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Marfa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Marfa lies within the (432) area code. The ZIP code for Marfa: 79843<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Marfa had an population of 1,608 people. This is a decrease of 18.83% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 24.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Marfa had a population of 1,981 people (which is 25.34% of the total population of Presidio County). This makes Marfa the county's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,981 people, the population of Marfa decreased 6.6% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,121 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Marfa. Communities near Marfa ...We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Marfa.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Marfa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Marfa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Marfa. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marfa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Marfa. Our list includes 13 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Marfa. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marfa ...Looking for more information about Marfa? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Marfa, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Marfa. Adding Marfa to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Marfa in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Marfa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Marfa in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Marfa. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Marfa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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