Coyanosa, Texas

Coyanosa is an unincorporated desert village in Pecos County, located in the Permian Basin in West Texas, United States.

Part of the Coyanosa Draw runs adjacent to the town, 2.2 miles to the west.

There is a food store, two Mexican restaurants, a public library, an RV park and a post office at Coyanosa by way of businesses and services.

Further development of the community resumed in the 1950s, as numerous water wells were drilled in the area to irrigate nearby cotton farms.

Increasing fuel prices in the mid-1970s made irrigation unprofitable and forced many area cotton farms out of business.

[5] It is situated south of the intersection of Farm Roads 1776 and 1450, approximately 26 miles northwest of Fort Stockton in northwestern Pecos County.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.

July is the hottest month for Coyanosa with an average high temperature of 97.7°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Texas.

The United States Postal Service operates the Coyanosa Post Office.

Pecos County map