Dell City, Texas
Dell City is a small farming town in the Salt Basin of northeastern Hudspeth County, in the desert country of far West Texas about 77 miles northeast of El Paso. It sits at the western foot of the Guadalupe Mountains, whose highest peaks rise just to the east. The town exists because of groundwater drawn from the Bone Spring-Victorio Peak aquifer, which turned former ranchland into irrigated fields of alfalfa, cotton, and other crops.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 275
- Change from 2020 base
- +10.9%
- Land area
- 1.7 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Hudspeth 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 Hudspeth 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 Dell City
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Dell City.
County Origins
This county was born where two railroads met
Hudspeth County formed in 1917 from eastern El Paso County. The town of Sierra Blanca grew up at the spot where two railroads met in 1881.
Property Tax
Two offices handle your property taxes here
In Hudspeth County, one office sets your property value and a separate office handles vehicle registration. Neither office is the same as your property tax collector.
Water Rights
A local district regulates groundwater pumping
The Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 requires permits for most irrigation wells and tracks how much groundwater is pumped.
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