Van Horn, Texas

 

What town: Van Horn
State: Tx
Station: Van Horn Border Patrol Station

Population: 2500

Telephone Co. Name: Valor

Electric Co. Name: El Paso Electric

Gas Co Name: City Of Van Horn

Cable Co. Name: Us Cable

City Trash Name: City Of Van Horn

City Water Name: City Of Van Horn

Hospital Name: Culberson County Hospital

Parks and Rec.

Newspaper Name:Van Horn Advocate

Chamber of Commerce: City Of Van Horn

Convention & Visitors Bureau:City Of Van Horn

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Station type of work - 90% line watch, 10% roving patrol (I-10 and some local roads).
Area of responsibility is Huge, many hundred square miles (including
Guadeloupe Mints, National Park). No checkpoint, very little if any train
check.

Shopping - A few little convenience stores, One decent sized
Grocery Store, one small one, a feed store, Van Horn Office Supply, Ace Hardware, a
couple of Farm and Ranch Stores, Dollar General, a few local Specialty
shops....You will need to go to El Paso (100 miles West) or
Odessa/Midland (130 miles East) for other shopping.

Eateries - Pizza Hut, Subway, McDonalds, Papas Pantry (best Green Chicken Enchiladas around) and few other local eateries.

Cellular Telephone - Cingular t-mobile, and cell one

Local Internet Providers - Valornet.com provides local DSL

Other Services - Not much

Any other information that you would like to add: Very isolated town. People are nice and the scenery is great if you like the mountains of West Texas.
Not much to do if your not the outdoors type. No movies, etc..