THE FORT HANCOCK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rio Grande Floodplain setting.
Fort Hancock CDP has 18.9 square miles of land in Hudspeth County. Its Census reference point is in Rio Grande Floodplain, within Chihuahuan Deserts.
Desert basins and mountain ranges extend across this region, with the Rio Grande and Pecos as important drainage corridors. Arid shrubland and grassland contrast with wooded higher elevations.
Regional context: Chihuahuan Deserts ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fort Hancock and Hudspeth County
Fort Hancock is associated with Hudspeth County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Fort Hancock by land and water
The Census records 0.25 square miles of water within Fort Hancock, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points higher than the 0% recorded for Hudspeth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fort Hancock CDP has 6.7 times the land area of nearby Acala CDP (2.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

