Shafter, Texas

Shafter is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, United States. The Texas Attorney General's Office gives a population of 11 as of the 2000 Census.[1] It was named in honor of General William Shafter, who at one point commanded the nearby (relatively speaking) Fort Davis. In the early 1900s six silver mines were in operation near Shafter. When the mines closed the town died. It was later the location for several scenes in the 1971 movie The Andromeda Strain.

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Education

Shafter is zoned to schools in the Marfa Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ Texas Attorney General Colonia Data

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Municipalities and communities of Presidio County, Texas, USA
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