Anson, Texas
Anson is a city in Jones County, about 23 miles northwest of Abilene on the rolling plains of West Texas. Long an agricultural center in cotton and ranching country, the town is known for the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball, a frontier dance tradition rooted in the 1880s and revived in the 1930s, now held each December in Pioneer Hall.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 2,570
- Change from 2020 base
- +1.5%
- Land area
- 2.8 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Jones County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Jones County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Anson
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Anson.
Local Tradition
Cowboys' Christmas Ball: An Anson Tradition Since the 1880s
Anson hosts one of Texas's oldest continuing Western dances, most often traced to December 1885 at a local hotel.
Property Tax
Who Handles Your Property Tax in Jones County
In Jones County, the office that values your home and the office on the courthouse square are two different doors, and only one of them deals with property tax.
Mineral Rights
Oil, Gas, and Mineral Rights in Jones County
Jones County has a long oil and gas history, so if you are buying land here, find out whether mineral rights are included before you close.
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