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Spofford is a city in Kinney County, Texas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2010 census.

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History

Spofford was named after C.K. Spofford, who opened a hotel in town shortly after the railroad came through in 1882. The town grew around the hotel and was granted a post office in 1884. By 1896, the town had its first school, and by 1900, it had 100 residents.

The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad (later part of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and today part of the Union Pacific Railroad) had chosen Spofford over Brackettville. At Spofford, they laid a spur to Eagle Pass, and the main line continued west to Langtry. At various times, Spofford was a stop on the Sunset Limited.

The population reached the high-water mark of 373 people in the mid-1940s. After the school consolidations in the ’40s, Spofford’s students were bused to Brackettville. In 1961, the population was only 138, and it went as low as 54 people in the mid 1970s.

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Geography

Spofford is located in southern Kinney County at 29°10′22″N 100°24′41″W / 29.17278°N 100.41139°W / 29.17278; -100.41139 (29.172681, –100.411388). It is on the east side of Texas State Highway 131, which leads north 10 miles (16 km) to Brackettville, the county seat, and south 24 miles (39 km) to U.S. Route 277 in the Rio Grande valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Spofford has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km), all of it land.

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