Paint Rock is a town in and the county seat of Concho County, Texas, United States. The population was 237 at the 2020 census.
The town's name comes from Native American pictographs painted on cliffs overlooking the nearby Concho River. These pictographs cover nearly half a mile upstream from the town of Paint Rock. Some of the pictures painted on the rocks include animals, human figures, and handprints. A few of the pictographs there were made by the Comanche, who likely used the bluff as a camp site; they may have also fought the Texas Rangers there. They are located on a private ranch, property of the Cambell family who protect them and organizes tours for visitors.
Geography
Paint Rock is located in northern Concho County along U.S. Route 83. Eden is to the south and Ballinger is to the north via US 83, while San Angelo is to the west via secondary roads.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Paint Rock has a total area of , all land.
Historic literary reference
A chapter titled "An Episode of Paint Rock" is devoted to the town in the 1895 book, A Lone Star Bo-Peep, and Other Tales of Texan Ranch Life written by Howard Seely. The chapter chronicles the week of May 5, 1883, in Paint Rock and features several local residents in the text.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Paint Rock racial composition<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|170
|71.73%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|1
|0.42%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|2
|0.84%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|7
|2.95%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|57
|24.05%
|-
|Total
|237
|
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 237 people, 109 households, and 94 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Paint Rock has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.