Official Name: | Porvenir, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Presidio |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 3019 |
Coordinates: | 30.4186°N -104.8444°W |
Area Code: | 432 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2033953 |
Porvenir (also Daniel and Polaris) is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas, United States.[1]
After Texas Rangers murdered 15 Mexican-American residents on January 28, 1918, in the Porvenir massacre, Porvenir was abandoned.[2]