page_title: Jeff Davis County, Texas
hierarchical_section_title: Jeff Davis County, Texas
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of the Jeff Davis County courthouse located in Fort Davis, Texas. Image taken in June 2020.
context_page_description: Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,342. Its county seat is Fort Davis. The county is named for Jefferson Davis, who served as the 23rd United States Secretary of War in the 1850s, and then, during the American Civil War, as President of the Confederate States of America. Jeff Davis County is easily recognizable for its unique shape; it is a pentagon which has no north-south nor east-west boundaries, save for a six mile line serving as its southern boundary. It also is the only county in the United States that touches a foreign country at a single point. Jeff Davis is also one of the nine counties that compose the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.
  The county contains the 270,000-acre Texas Davis Mountains American Viticultural Area, though only about 50 acres is currently under vine. The McDonald Observatory is located near Fort Davis, and is owned by the University of Texas at Austin.
context_section_description: Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,342. Its county seat is Fort Davis. The county is named for Jefferson Davis, who served as the 23rd United States Secretary of War in the 1850s, and then, during the American Civil War, as  President of the Confederate States of America. Jeff Davis County is easily recognizable for its unique shape; it is a pentagon which has no north-south nor east-west boundaries, save for a six mile line serving as its southern boundary.  It also is the only county in the United States that touches a foreign country (Mexico) at a single point.   Jeff Davis is also one of the nine counties that compose the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.
  The county contains the 270,000-acre (1,100 km²) Texas Davis Mountains American Viticultural Area, though only about 50 acres (0.2 km²) is currently under vine. The McDonald Observatory is located near Fort Davis, and is owned by the University of Texas at Austin.
caption: Jeff Davis County Courthouse in Fort Davis
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