Marfa
A city in Presidio County, Texas — population 1,591 as of 2020.
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News in Marfa
Big Bend Sentinel
3 hours agoMARFA—New Marfa ISD Superintendent Stephen McCanless is now also taking on the role as the district’s junior high/high school principal. In early September, the Marfa ISD community was issued a memo about the change.
Education
Big Bend Sentinel
September 11Landowners set for legal announcement regarding border wall on Monday
Conserve Big Bend, the umbrella nonprofit behind the No Big Bend Wall initiative, set a press conference for 10 a.m. Monday at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa to “announce a significant legal development in the ongoing effort to stop border wall and infrastructure…
Government & CivicBig Bend Sentinel
September 8Anthony DeSimone is no stranger to the streets of Marfa, Texas. DeSimone, along with his friend Alex Marks, visited Marfa in the summer of 2007, which would, unbeknownst to DeSimone, be his future home. The pair spent the night right around the corner from what would become…
Local BusinessIn and around Marfa
See & do
- Ayn Foundation Marfa
- Big Bend Ranch State Park
- Blackwell School National Historic Site
- Boquillas Canyon
- Crowley Theater
Eat, drink & stay
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Marfa by the numbers
- Area
- 1.62 sq mi (4.2 km²)
- Median age
- 47.7
- Households
- 1,165
- Persons per household
- 2.1
- Median household income
- $44,306
- Office
- CITY ADMIN
- Address
- PO BOX 787, MARFA, TX 79843