Zapata, Texas

Zamora Lands Colonia
(Maverick County)

Zapata Ranch
(Willacy County)

Summary

Community
Profile

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Current Weather

Zapata is located in Zapata County and is the county seat.

Zapata is 120 feet [36.58 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Zapata lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

New Mexico has a community (now historic ^<2>) that is also named Zapata.

While we we don't have population counts for Zapata, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Zapata).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
El Cenizo	NW	32 mi [51.5 km]	3,570	0.71% increase
Falcon Heights	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
Falcon Village	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
Guerra	E	23 mi [37.01 km]	---
Lopeno	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
Morales-Sanchez	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Zapata.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Texas ^<5>

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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Zapata:

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Panoramio.com

Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Zapata? Please visit the Map Page for Zapata.

Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Zapata - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zapata, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Zapata and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Zapata. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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