Encinal ( ) is a city in La Salle County, Texas, United States. The town was supposed to be the county seat for Encinal County, which was established on February 1, 1856, and was to consist of the eastern portion of Webb County. The county was never organized and was finally dissolved on March 12, 1899. The Encinal territory was absorbed into Webb County, and Encinal became part of La Salle County.

Geography

Encinal is located at . Thea all-time record high of 116 °F (47 °C) was recorded on June 17th, 1998, while the all-time record low of 8 °F (-13 °C) was recorded on January 12th & 13th, 1962. On average, there are 56 days where the temperature reaches at least 100 °F (38 °C) in a year. Freezing temperatures are recorded almost every winter.

Transportation

Highways

  • 20px Interstate Highway 35, exit 38, Runs directly through town to the east.
  • 20px Texas State Highway 44. Runs through town, Ends at US 83 far west of town.
  • 20px US 83. Bypasses town to the Far West.

Air travel

  • Laredo International Airport (in Laredo)

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Encinal had a population of 540. The median age was 40.3 years, while 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.6% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.2 males age 18 and over.

There were 181 households in Encinal, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.4% were married-couple households, 18.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 242 || 44.8%

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| Black or African American || 4 || 0.7%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 4 || 0.7%

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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%

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| Some other race || 60 || 11.1%

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| Two or more races || 230 || 42.6%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 506 || 93.7%

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2000 census

As of the census

  • George Strait, country music artist lives on his 8,000+ acre ranch near Encinal

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