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RIO FRIO, Texas

(pronounced "REEH-oh FREE-oh")

"no slogan"

Population: 50Elevation: 1,483 ftArea: unknown smCounty: Real
Zip Code: 78879Area Code: 830-232Time Zone: CST
Coordinates: 29 38' 9.82" N, 99 44' 12.2" W
Location: SE part of county just above the Uvalde county line,
86 mi NW of San Antonio; 5 mi S of Leakey; 35 mi N of Uvalde
Highways: Hwy 83, RR 1120, 2748Rivers: Frio

REFERENCES

CITY: Unincorporated

CHAMBER:

FRIO CANYON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Ofc: 830-232-5222
PO Box 743, Leakey, TX 78873
Web: www.friocanyonchamber.com;Email: info@leakey-tx.com

FRIO RIVER CANYON REGION: Fun river-centered activities on the Frio River near Concan, Rio Frio, and Leakey and near Garner State Park. www.funrivers.com

TEXAS HILL COUNTRY RIVER REGION: www.thcrr.com; Email: info@thcrr.com

VISITORS GUIDE: www.leakey-tx.com

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES: Nothing formal

SMALLER NEIGHBORING TOWNS: Concan, Leakey

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS: River recreation, ranching

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:

FRIO RIVER TUBING & WATER SPORTS:

CAMPING & HUNTING

ANCIENT LIVE OAK REFERENCE LANDMARK: On FM 1120, Rio Frio. This ancient live oak is a bearing point from which all land in the town of Rio Frio has been platted since the beginning of this town. Famous Trees of Texas Profile

NEARBY & HILL COUNTRY-WIDE ATTRACTIONS: See Attractions.
Some of the very nearby attractions include:

CONCAN: FRIO BAT CAVE; FRIO RIVER FUN

LEAKEY: WILDLIFE ART MUSEUM; REAL COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM; FRIO RIVER FUN; TWISTED SISTERS SCENIC DRIVES & MOTORCYCLE ROUTES

UTOPIA: SABINAL CANYON MUSEUM; GOLF; RIVER FUN

VANDERPOOL: LONE STAR MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM

PARKS: There are many State and LCRA parks in the greater area as profiled on the Parks page. These nearby parks include:

CONCAN: GARNER STATE PARK

ROCKSPRINGS: DEVIL'S SINKHOLE & BAT CAVE

VANDERPOOL: LOST MAPLES STATE NATURAL AREA

KICKAPOO: KICKAPOO CAVERN STATE PARK: just W of Camp Wood & Leakey, and just outside the Hill Country

EVENT CALENDAR: For full details on each event see Chamber web site and
Festivals & Events

WEATHER: Weather Underground

MEDIA COVERAGE: (not available)

MAPS: Google, Geohack

HISTORY: Handbook of Texas Online:"It was first settled between 1856 and 1860; many of the settlers had previously resided farther north up the Frio canyon at Leakey. One early settler was Theophilus Watkins, who arrived in 1867. The next year Watkins, F. Smith, and Newman Patterson initiated construction of a gravity-flow irrigation canal which operated for a century. In 1874 these three filed for a charter for the Lombardy Irrigation Company, which was granted the following year, at which time a post office was also established. Cotton, corn, oats, tobacco, and wheat were raised on the small irrigated tracts, whose owners assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the canal with the acquisition of the land. The importance of farming to the region has waned, however, due in large part to the appearance of the boll weevil in the early twentieth century. Farming has been supplanted by ranching, and in particular the raising of Angora goats. The town's cotton gin, the last in Real County, closed before the end of World War I, and Rio Frio resident Bob Davis, a charter member and the first president of the Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association, was extremely influential in the development of the Angora industry in Texas during this period. A school was established at Rio Frio by 1871, and Andrew Jackson Potter preached at the site as early as 1859. However, it was not until 1920 that a Baptist church was built, where services were held for both the Baptist and Methodist congregations. In the 1940s the Rio Frio Baptist congregation merged with the Leakey Baptist Church, and the Methodist residents transferred their memberships to other area churches. The building at Rio Frio was then converted into a mission serving the Mexican and Mexican-American tenant farmers and migrant ranch workers whose labor has sustained the local economy, commencing with the construction of the Lombardy Irrigation Canal. The town's estimated population, which has never exceeded seventy-five, was listed as fifty in 1985 through 2000."

PRIOR NAMES:

NATIONAL REGISTRY SITES:

CEMETERIES:

AVAILABLE SERVICES: Gas: no; Convenience Stores: no; Restaurants: no; Lodging: no; Grocery Stores: no; Banks: no; Vehicle Repair: no; Hospital: no; Med Clinic: no; Post Office: no; Public Schools: no; Cemetery:

OTHER PROFILES: Wikipedia; ePodunk Profile (not available); City Data (not available); Texas Escapes; Travel Texas (not available)

NOTES:

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BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY

See above Chamber and profile listings.

LODGING/MOTELS/ACCOMMODATIONS/GUEST HOUSES/B&B'S

See: Rio Frio Lodging Listings and Reservation Services