Lajitas, Texas


Lajitas is an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas, United States, near the Big Bend National Park.

History

The settlement is named for the Boquillas flagstone found in the area. "Lajitas" translates to "little flat rocks" in Spanish.

Geography

Climate

Lajitas has a hot semiarid climate with very hot summers and mild winters.

Economy

The Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa is a 20,000-acre golf resort business in Lajitas owned by Texas businessman Kelcy Warren, who bought the resort from previous owner Steve Smith while the business was going through financial distress. It is located on the Rio Grande, bordering Mexico, between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

History

Starting in the 1980s as a joke, for many years the purported mayor of Lajitas was Clay Henry III, a "beer-drinking" goat. After two replacements of the original Clay Henry, the trading post and stable where the actual mayor lived is now closed and the goat no longer resides there.

Education

Lajitas is zoned to schools in the Terlingua Common School District.

Infrastructure

Airport

Due to the remoteness of the resort, Lajitas is served by the Lajitas International Airport, a private airport with a asphalt runway.

In popular culture

Lajitas is mentioned extensively in Red Dirt/Texas Country artist Wade Bowen's song "Day of the Dead" recorded in October 2017.