Zapata, Texas

About Zapata

Zapata, TX is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern Texas.

Zapata holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 7.64 square miles.

📰 Zapata News Today

• Zapata County landowners say border wall contractors bulldozed property before agreements were signed Texas Public Radio | TPR · Jun 3
• Zapata County crews prepare for flooding as streams fill near homes KGNS · Sep 30
• How many people live in Zapata County, TX? USAFacts · Apr 6
• 5303 Pharr Ln, Zapata, TX 78076 Realtor.com · Oct 1
• Former OLS sheriff: Zapata County needs answers, not silence The Center Square · Sep 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Zapata Unique

• The only place in America named Zapata — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Zapata

• Holiday Restaurant — american
• Steakhouse — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Zapata County Museum of History · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Zapata

• Bravo Park reviews ★
• Zapata County Courthouse Plaza reviews ★
• Zapata Sesquicentennial Trail Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Zapata

• FIDEL AND ANDREA R VILLARREAL EL
• ZAPATA H S
• ZAPATA MIDDLE
• ZAPATA NORTH EL
• ZAPATA SOUTH EL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Zapata

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