Imperial is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pecos County, Texas, United States.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km2), all land.

[6] A post office and school were opened in 1910 and a townsite was laid out on land owned by Benjamin E. Bush one year later.

Water from the Pecos River was diverted and a small dam was built west of the community.

[5] An irrigation canal was constructed through Imperial in an attempt to attract new residents, but the area's water had a high salt content, which made farming unproductive.

[5] Imperial's population approached 1,000 by the late 1960s with twenty-six businesses operating in the community.