Official Name: | Amphion, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Amphion |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atascosa |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 453 |
Coordinates: | 28.9986°N -98.6356°W |
Area Code: | 830 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1379342 |
Amphion is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 26 in 2000. It is located within the San Antonio metropolitan area.
The soil series known as "Amphion clay loam", classed as a fine, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Paleustoll, is named after the town.[1]
Amphion is located just east of Farm to Market Road 2146, 9miles northwest of Pleasanton[2] and 6miles southwest of Poteet in west-central Atascosa County.[3]
Today, the community is served by the Jourdanton Independent School District.