Van Horn, TX - City and Town Halls on Waymarking.com

Van Horn City Hall is a modern, one-story building. They have a fine yellow caboose out front.

Van Horn has an unusual distinction; it is the westernmost incorporated town in the Central Time Zone in Texas. The area's first occupants settle here when this area was on the San Antonio-El Paso mail route; horses stopped here for water. Although U.S. Army Major Jefferson Van Horne is believed to have passed near the area in 1849 on his way to take command of what would later become Fort Bliss, the town is named for Lt. James Judson Van Horn who commanded an army garrison at the Van Horn Wells beginning in 1859. His command was short-lived; Confederate forces took the area and Van Horn was taken prisoner. Settlement was spurred by the arrival of a railroad line in 1881, and grew again in the oil boom of the 1920s. Today the population is a couple thousand, and primary industries are services for oil and gas companies, and ranching.

Name: Van Horn City Hall Address: 1801 W Broadway Street Van Horn, TX USA 79855 Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link] Date of Construction: Not listed Architect: Not listed Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Not listed

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