Map of Imperial CDP, Texas

Imperial is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pecos County, Texas, United States. The population was 278 at the 2010 census.

Imperial CDP overview:
Name:	Imperial CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Pecos County
Elevation:	2,392 ft (729 m)
Total Area:	4.2 sq mi (11.0 km²)
Land Area:	4.2 sq mi (11.0 km²)
Water Area:	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Total Population:	278
Population Density:	66/sq mi (25/km²)
ZIP code:	79743
Area code:	432
FIPS code:	4835828
GNISfeature ID:	1359897

Online Interactive Map

Imperial online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Imperial location map. Where is Imperial CDP?

Imperial location on the U.S. Map. Where is Imperial CDP. — Imperial location on the U.S. Map.

Imperial location on the Texas map. Where is Imperial CDP. — Location of Imperial in Texas.

History

The community was settled in the early 1900s. The site was originally known as Redlands from 1908 to around 1910, when it was renamed after California‘s Imperial Valley. A post office and school were opened in 1910 and a townsite was laid out on land owned by Benjamin E. Bush one year later. Water from the Pecos River was diverted and a small dam was built west of the community. An irrigation canal was constructed through Imperial in an attempt to attract new residents, but the area’s water had a high salt content, which made farming unproductive. The population was approximately 25 in the mid-1920s, but had increased tenfold by 1949. Imperial’s population approached 1,000 by the late 1960s with twenty-six businesses operating in the community. The number of inhabitants continued to decline during the latter half of the twentieth century.

Imperial Road Map

Imperial city Satellite Map

Geography

Imperial is located at 31°16′19″N 102°41′45″W / 31.27194°N 102.69583°W / 31.27194; -102.69583 (31.271968, -102.695799). It is situated at the intersection of Farm Roads 11 and 1053, four miles south of the Pecos River and approximately 30 miles northeast of Fort Stockton in northern Pecos County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km), all of it land.