Encino ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brooks County, Texas, United States. It is south of the county seat of Falfurrias. The population was 109 at the 2020 census. It is the site of a United States Border Patrol interior checkpoint.
History
Encino is located in what once was a Mexican land grant dating back to 1832 called “La Encantada y Encina del Pozo”. The name of the grant, translating in english to “Enchanted Place and Live Oak in a Hole”, was inspired by an oak tree of notable size on the land which cattle would gather under for shade which a depression in the soil. The current community was permanently settled in 1904 when the Texas and New Orleans Railroad extended a line through Encino, and the local post office was built in 1914.
Geography
Encino is located at . The community is situated along U.S. Highway 281 (Future Interstate 69C), south of Falfurrias in southern Brooks County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Encino first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|8
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|4.52%
|6.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.26%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.56%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.92%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.67%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|168
|133
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95
|94.92%
|93.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87.16%
|-
|Total
|177
|143
|style='background: #ffffe6; |109
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census