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Zapata, Texas
Zapata is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,383 at the 2020 census. As an unincorporated community, Zapata has no municipal government, but like all 254 Texas counties has four elected county commissioners chosen by single-member districts and a countywide elected administrative judge.
Zapata was named for José Antonio de Zapata (died 1839), the revolutionary commander who served in the cavalry of the Republic of the Rio Grande, of which the town was a part. The town was relocated to higher ground in 1953 prior to the completion of Falcon Dam, which left the original town center beneath the waters of Falcon Lake.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.6 square miles (25 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (20 km2) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) is water.
Zapata has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) with sweltering summers and warm winters. Official record temperatures range from 13 °F or −10.6 °C on January 4, 1911, to 116 °F or 46.7 °C on June 16, 1998.
Rainfall averages 19.8 in (500 mm) annually, with higher amounts typically occurring from May to October. The wettest calendar year has been 2004 with 35.34 inches or 897.6 millimetres and the driest 1974 with 11.63 inches or 295.4 millimetres. The wettest month has been September 1967 with 13.26 inches or 336.8 millimetres, whilst every month of the year has recorded a trace or less at least once and no rain whatsoever fell during the winter of 1950–51. Measurable snowfall has occurred only twice: 8.0 inches (0.20 m) on January 9, 1967 and 1.0 inch (0.025 m) on Christmas Day in 2004.
Zapata is sometimes the hottest location in the United States: on January 5, 1997 it set the all-time US record January high of 98 °F or 36.7 °C.
Zapata first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1950 U.S. census; and then as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,383 people, 2,010 households, and 1,037 families residing in the CDP.
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Zapata, Texas
Zapata is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,383 at the 2020 census. As an unincorporated community, Zapata has no municipal government, but like all 254 Texas counties has four elected county commissioners chosen by single-member districts and a countywide elected administrative judge.
Zapata was named for José Antonio de Zapata (died 1839), the revolutionary commander who served in the cavalry of the Republic of the Rio Grande, of which the town was a part. The town was relocated to higher ground in 1953 prior to the completion of Falcon Dam, which left the original town center beneath the waters of Falcon Lake.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.6 square miles (25 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (20 km2) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) is water.
Zapata has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) with sweltering summers and warm winters. Official record temperatures range from 13 °F or −10.6 °C on January 4, 1911, to 116 °F or 46.7 °C on June 16, 1998.
Rainfall averages 19.8 in (500 mm) annually, with higher amounts typically occurring from May to October. The wettest calendar year has been 2004 with 35.34 inches or 897.6 millimetres and the driest 1974 with 11.63 inches or 295.4 millimetres. The wettest month has been September 1967 with 13.26 inches or 336.8 millimetres, whilst every month of the year has recorded a trace or less at least once and no rain whatsoever fell during the winter of 1950–51. Measurable snowfall has occurred only twice: 8.0 inches (0.20 m) on January 9, 1967 and 1.0 inch (0.025 m) on Christmas Day in 2004.
Zapata is sometimes the hottest location in the United States: on January 5, 1997 it set the all-time US record January high of 98 °F or 36.7 °C.
Zapata first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1950 U.S. census; and then as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,383 people, 2,010 households, and 1,037 families residing in the CDP.