Porvenir, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 30°25′07″N 104°50′40″W / 30.41861°N 104.84444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Presidio |
Elevation | 3,019 ft (920 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 432 |
GNIS feature ID | 2033953 [1] |
Porvenir (also Daniel and Polaris) is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas, United States. [1] [2]
After Texas Rangers murdered 15 Mexican-American residents on January 28, 1918, in the Porvenir massacre, Porvenir was abandoned. [3]