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Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. [ 1] Its county seat is Del Rio. [ 2] The Del Rio micropolitan statistical area includes all of Val Verde County. Val Verde, which means "green valley", [ 3] was named for a battle of the Civil War.
Joshua Bean. Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos ". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.
Location of Val Verde County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register Historic Places in Val Verde County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Val Verde County, Texas. There are seven districts and four individual properties listed on the ...
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The Val Verde Correctional Facility is a privately owned and operated prison, located in Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, operated by the GEO Group under contract with the county of Val Verde. The county, in turn, contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Marshals Service, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Val Verde is a fictional country or city used by Hollywood writer and producer Steven E. de Souza when his stories require a South or Central American locale that will not cause legal or diplomatic problems. [1] The location first appeared in his 1985 film Commando . The name translates as "Green Valley", as val means valley in multiple Romance ...
Education in Val Verde County, Texas (1 C, 1 P) G. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.
Val Verde, New Mexico. Battle of Valverde or Val Verde, an American Civil War battle in New Mexico Territory. Val Verde (fictional country), Spanish-speaking country resembling Panama that appeared in a number of films and television programs. Val Verde Unified School District in Moreno Valley, California and Perris, California.