Welcome to Pecos ...The city of Pecos is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Pecos is located in Reeves County<1> and is the County Seat for Reeves County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Pecos, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. When the people of Pecos refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Pecosite<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Pecos has a population of 10,467 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Pecos is 2,590 feet [789 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Pecos is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Pecos lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Pecos: 432 The ZIP code for Pecos: 79772<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Pecos had an population of 10,467 people. This is an increase of 19.21% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.17% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Pecos had a population of 8,780 people (which is 63.47% of the total population of Reeves County). This makes Pecos the county's most populous community. The population of Pecos represents 0.03% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 231st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 8,780 people, the population of Pecos decreased 7.59% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 9,501 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Pecos. Communities Also Named Pecos ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pecos - it's located in New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pecos. Communities near Pecos ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pecos.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pecos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pecos. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pecos. 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 Pecos. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pecos. Our list includes 23 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Pecos. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pecos ...Looking for more information about Pecos? 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 Pecos, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pecos. Adding Pecos to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pecos 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 (so far) for Pecos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Pecos. Footnotes ...
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