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PAINT ROCK, TEXAS

Suggested slogan:
"You can't get lost in Paint Rock"

Concho County Seat, Texas Panhandle / Hill Country
Hwy 83 and FM 380
18 miles S of Ballinger
19 miles N of Eden
32 miles E of San Angelo
Population: 320 (2000) 227 (1990)

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Approaching Paint Rock
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Paint Rock is named after the ancient pictographs along the banks of the Concho River. A small cluster of buildings surround a tidy courthouse that reassures Paint Rockers that they are the County Seat, not the Colossus of Eden.

Concho County courthouse Paint Rock Texas

Concho County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Downtown Paint Rock
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Former bank in Paint Rock
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Paint Rock Tx Concho County Precinct Building

Concho County Precinct Building
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2005

Paint Rock Wool Warehouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Pictographs can be visited by car or tours can be arranged (915-732-4376).

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