Kent, Texas | |
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 Ruins of Kent Public School | |
| Nickname: Kent Ghost Town | |
  Kent Location of Kent in West Texas  Kent Kent (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°04′09″N104°13′02″W / 31.06917°N 104.21722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Culberson |
| Elevation | 4,206 ft (1,282 m) |
| Population (2000 [2] ) | |
| • Total | 60 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 79855 |
| Area code | 432 |
Kent is a ghost town in Culberson County, Texas, United States.
The ghost town lies just north of Interstate 10 at exit 176, 10 miles (16 km) west of the beginning of Interstate 20 and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the Jeff Davis County line. It is sandwiched between the railroad, immediately to its north, and the Interstate. As of 2023, the store has closed and the gas pumps have been dismantled, and the houses abandoned. There is nothing now at Kent in the way of businesses, services or people.
As of 2005, its population was estimated at 60 residents, with three small businesses, a general store, a service station, and a post office, as well as ruins of a public school and other businesses that flourished until the 1960s.
As of 2014, only the general store remained in operation; the nearest service station is in Plateau, 18 miles (29 km) to the west along Interstate 10. It therefore has had no medical, pharmaceutical, public educational, legal, police, fire, or other governmental services beyond the post office within its boundaries; the nearest source of these is in Van Horn, 37 miles (60 km) west.
As of May 9, 2019, the post office closed and redirected customers to Van Horn. [3] No motels, hotels, trailer/RV parks, restaurants, or other tourist services are available. The surrounding county area contains semi-desert land supporting large cattle ranches.
According to the Köppen climate classification, Kent has a semiarid climate, BSk on climate maps. [4]
| Climate data for Kent, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1988–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 81 (27) | 85 (29) | 90 (32) | 96 (36) | 101 (38) | 108 (42) | 105 (41) | 106 (41) | 99 (37) | 93 (34) | 88 (31) | 80 (27) | 108 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 72.9 (22.7) | 76.9 (24.9) | 83.7 (28.7) | 88.7 (31.5) | 95.9 (35.5) | 101.1 (38.4) | 98.8 (37.1) | 96.1 (35.6) | 92.9 (33.8) | 88.2 (31.2) | 80.1 (26.7) | 73.9 (23.3) | 102.2 (39.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 57.7 (14.3) | 62.6 (17.0) | 69.6 (20.9) | 77.6 (25.3) | 85.5 (29.7) | 92.5 (33.6) | 90.7 (32.6) | 89.9 (32.2) | 83.6 (28.7) | 76.8 (24.9) | 66.6 (19.2) | 58.6 (14.8) | 76.0 (24.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 45.6 (7.6) | 50.0 (10.0) | 56.1 (13.4) | 63.5 (17.5) | 71.9 (22.2) | 79.1 (26.2) | 78.9 (26.1) | 77.7 (25.4) | 71.8 (22.1) | 64.1 (17.8) | 54.1 (12.3) | 46.8 (8.2) | 63.3 (17.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.5 (0.8) | 37.3 (2.9) | 42.6 (5.9) | 49.4 (9.7) | 58.3 (14.6) | 65.7 (18.7) | 66.6 (19.2) | 65.6 (18.7) | 60.0 (15.6) | 51.4 (10.8) | 41.5 (5.3) | 35.0 (1.7) | 50.6 (10.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 17.1 (−8.3) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 25.0 (−3.9) | 32.8 (0.4) | 42.8 (6.0) | 55.7 (13.2) | 59.5 (15.3) | 58.6 (14.8) | 47.6 (8.7) | 34.2 (1.2) | 22.9 (−5.1) | 17.2 (−8.2) | 13.5 (−10.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 6 (−14) | 0 (−18) | 11 (−12) | 23 (−5) | 32 (0) | 47 (8) | 52 (11) | 53 (12) | 34 (1) | 19 (−7) | 10 (−12) | 0 (−18) | 0 (−18) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.66 (17) | 0.41 (10) | 0.42 (11) | 0.62 (16) | 0.93 (24) | 1.26 (32) | 2.70 (69) | 1.72 (44) | 2.01 (51) | 1.09 (28) | 0.58 (15) | 0.66 (17) | 13.06 (334) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.5 (3.8) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 1.9 (4.8) | 3.9 (9.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 43.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Source 1: NOAA [5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service [6] | |||||||||||||
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