|
|
|
|
Place Name
|
Pearsall
|
|
Place Status (Type)
|
town
|
|
Capital Of
|
Frio County
|
|
Population
|
6,924 (1990)
|
|
Location
|
Frio County, Texas (TX), United States, North America
|
|
Latitude
|
28°53'N
|
|
Longitude
|
99°05'W
|
Pearsall
, town (1990 pop. 6,924),  Frio co., SW Texas,
c.50 mi/80 km SW of San Antonio, near Frio R.;
28°53'N 99°05'W. Elev. 646 ft/197 m. A
processing and trading center for irrigated winter agr. area (esp.
peanuts, also melons, corn, vegetables); hogs, cattle ranches. Oil and
natural gas fields nearby. Mfg. (natural gas processing, fertilizers).
Settled 1881, inc. 1909.
|
