Carrizo Springs, Texas Carrizo Springs, Texas Carrizo Springs water fortress Carrizo Springs water fortress Carrizo Springs is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dimmit County, Texas, United States. The populace was 5,368 at the 2010 census.

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The name "Carrizo Springs" derives from similarly titled springs in the area; the name is Spanish for a type of grass once common in the area.

Founded in 1865 by pioneer from Atascosa County, Carrizo Springs is the earliest improve in the county. Carrizo Springs, along with San Antonio, Uvalde, Crystal City, and Corpus Christi, was a primary stop on the defunct San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, a Class I line which directed from 1909 until it was consolidated into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1956. Carrizo Springs is positioned at 28 31 36 N 99 51 45 W (28.526699, -99.862423). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), of which, 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) of it is territory and 0.32% is water.

City Hall in Carrizo Springs on U.S.

Carrizo Springs is served by the Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District and home to the Carrizo Springs High School Wildcats.

Carrizo Springs High School Carrizo Springs Junior High School Carrizo Springs Intermediate School Carrizo Springs Elementary School Like the state of Kansas, Carrizo Springs identifies itself with the sunflower, Dimmit County-style Route 83 in Carrizo Springs Route 277 in Carrizo Springs Intersection of Highways 277 (west) and 83 (north) in Carrizo Springs First Baptist Church on Main Street in Carrizo Springs With its display of a large red Justin boot, the Circle V Ranch Center in Carrizo Springs reflects the culture of the improve 83 in Carrizo Springs Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carrizo Springs, Texas.

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