We have a fine police department, E.M.S., and volunteer fire department. The public library has been expanded and is home to 12,000 books, videos, and other helpful research tools. Taft has a famous history in the early development of South Texas since George Fulton, builder of the Fulton Mansion in Rockport and Coleman started a large cattle ranch and extensive farming operation here in the early 1900's. The Taft Blackland Museum is located in the building that originally housed the offices, banks, and early businesses of Taft. Artifacts and equipment from early times are exhibited.
Admission is free.
Their key to the city for visitors is a miniature cotton bale.