Marfa, Texas

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Marfa, Texas
City
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Downtown Marfa
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Location of Marfa in Presidio County
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Marfa
Location in Texas
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Marfa
Location in the United States of America
Coordinates: 30°18′38″N104°01′32″W / 30.31056°N 104.02556°W / 30.31056; -104.02556 [1]
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Texas.svg  Texas
County Presidio
Named for Marfa Strogoff, a character in the novel Michael Strogoff
Government
 •  Mayor Manuel V. Baeza [2]
Area
[3]
 • Total
1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2)
 • Land1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
4,698 ft (1,432 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,788
 • Density998/sq mi (385/km2)
Demonym Marfan
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
79843
Area code 432
FIPS code48-46620 [4]
GNIS feature ID2411031 [1]
Website cityofmarfa.com

Marfa is a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, United States, between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park, at an elevation of 4685 feet. It is the county seat of Presidio County. The city was founded in the early 1880s as a water stop. The population of Marfa peaked in the 1930s and as of the 2020 United States Census the population is 1,788.

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Today Marfa is a tourist destination and a major center for minimalist art. Major attractions include Building 98, the Chinati Foundation, and the Marfa lights.

History

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Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa
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Marfa in 1941

Marfa was founded in the early 1880s as a railroad water stop. The town was named "Marfa" (Russian for "Martha") at the suggestion of the wife of a railroad executive. Although some historians have hypothesized that the name came from a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov , [5] Marfa was actually named after Marfa Strogoff, a character in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff . [6] [7] According to Sterry Butcher of the Texas Monthly , a writer researched the Karamazov story and deemed it false, but did not receive any letters to the editor after he submitted the story to the newspaper, and therefore "No one cared. The story we had suited Marfa just fine." [8]

The town grew quickly during the 1920s. [9]

The Marfa Army Air Field served as a training facility for several thousand pilots during World War II, including the American actor Robert Sterling, before closing in 1945. The base was also used as the training ground for many of the United States Army's chemical mortar battalions.

Marfa experienced economic issues after the war ended and after a drought impaired agricultural output. Artist Donald Judd arrived in 1973 and began buying properties to renovate, which resulted in bohemian interest in the community. [10] In 2012 Vanity Fair described it as a "playground" for "art-world pioneers and pilgrims". [11] Marfa is about 60 miles from the Mexico-U.S. border.

Geography

Marfa is in northeastern Presidio County within the Chihuahuan Desert. The town is approximately 20 miles south of Fort Davis on Texas Route 17 and about 18 miles west of Alpine on US Route 67. [12] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2), all land.

Climate

Marfa experiences a semi-arid climate (BSk) with hot summers and cool winters. Due to its elevation and aridity, the diurnal temperature variation is substantial.

Climate data for Marfa #2, Texas. (Elevation 4,790ft)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)81
(27)		86
(30)		90
(32)		96
(36)		102
(39)		106
(41)		103
(39)		104
(40)		100
(38)		95
(35)		86
(30)		79
(26)		106
(41)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)60.2
(15.7)		63.9
(17.7)		71.2
(21.8)		78.8
(26.0)		85.8
(29.9)		91.2
(32.9)		89.6
(32.0)		87.5
(30.8)		83.6
(28.7)		77.3
(25.2)		67.6
(19.8)		60.8
(16.0)		76.5
(24.7)
Daily mean °F (°C)42.9
(6.1)		46.0
(7.8)		52.3
(11.3)		60.1
(15.6)		67.9
(19.9)		74.4
(23.6)		74.9
(23.8)		73.3
(22.9)		68.7
(20.4)		60.7
(15.9)		50.5
(10.3)		43.7
(6.5)		59.6
(15.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)25.7
(−3.5)		28.1
(−2.2)		33.5
(0.8)		41.4
(5.2)		50.1
(10.1)		57.6
(14.2)		60.2
(15.7)		59.1
(15.1)		54.0
(12.2)		44.1
(6.7)		33.4
(0.8)		26.6
(−3.0)		42.8
(6.0)
Record low °F (°C)−2
(−19)		0
(−18)		6
(−14)		17
(−8)		27
(−3)		39
(4)		53
(12)		50
(10)		36
(2)		16
(−9)		−1
(−18)		2
(−17)		−2
(−19)
Average precipitation inches (mm)0.42
(11)		0.47
(12)		0.31
(7.9)		0.59
(15)		1.17
(30)		1.78
(45)		2.73
(69)		2.89
(73)		2.57
(65)		1.39
(35)		0.58
(15)		0.50
(13)		15.41
(391)
Average snowfall inches (cm)0.7
(1.8)		0.6
(1.5)		0.1
(0.25)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.4
(1.0)		0.4
(1.0)		2.2
(5.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)332357910853359
Source: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute [13]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1920 3,553—
1930 3,90910.0%
1940 3,805−2.7%
1950 3,603−5.3%
1960 2,799−22.3%
1970 2,647−5.4%
1980 2,466−6.8%
1990 2,424−1.7%
2000 2,121−12.5%
2010 1,981−6.6%
2020 1,788−9.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [14]

2020 census

Marfa racial composition [15]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) [a]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (NH)67837.92%
Black or African American (NH)130.73%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)40.22%
Asian (NH)120.67%
Some Other Race (NH)20.11%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)241.34%
Hispanic or Latino 1,05559.0%
Total1,788

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,788 people, 802 households, and 300 families residing in the city.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, 1,981 people, 864 households, and 555 families resided in the city. [4] The population density was 1,354 inhabitants per square mile (523/km2). The 1,126 housing units averaged 719.1 per square mile (276.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 30% White, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 7.50% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 68.7% of the population. Of 863 households, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were not families. About 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.99. The age distribution of the population shows 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $24,712, and for a family was $32,328. Males had a median income of $25,804 versus $18,382 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,636. About 15.7% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 26.9% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

The area around Marfa is known as a cultural center for contemporary artists and artisans. In 1971, Minimalist artist Donald Judd moved to Marfa from New York. After renting summer houses for a few years, he bought two large hangars and some smaller buildings and began to install his art permanently. This had started with his building in New York but the buildings in Marfa allowed him to install his works on a larger scale. In 1976, he bought the first of two ranches that became his primary places of residence, continuing a long love affair with the desert landscape surrounding Marfa. Later, with assistance from the Dia Art Foundation in New York, Judd acquired decommissioned Fort D.A. Russell, and in 1979 began transforming the fort's buildings into art spaces. Judd's vision was to house large collections of individual artists' work on permanent display, as a sort of antimuseum. Judd believed the prevailing model of many museums, where various art exhibits are shown for limited times, does not allow the viewer an understanding of the artist or their work as they had intended.

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The Chinati Foundation

Following Judd's death in 1994, two foundations have worked to maintain his legacy: the Chinati Foundation and Judd Foundation. Since its inauguration in 1986, Chinati has held an open-house event that attracts visitors from around the world to visit Marfa's art. [18] Between 1997 and 2008, both foundations cosponsored this event. The Chinati Foundation now occupies more than 30 buildings in Marfa and has permanently displayed work by 13 artists. [19]

In recent years, a new wave of artists has moved to Marfa to live and work. As a result, new gallery spaces have opened in the downtown area. The Crowley Theater and its annex host public events with seating for over 175 as a public service to nonprofit foundations. Furthermore, The Lannan Foundation has established a writers-in-residency program, a Marfa theater group has formed, and a multifunctional art space called Ballroom Marfa has begun to show art films, host musical performances, and exhibit other art installations. The city is also 37 miles (60 km) from Prada Marfa, a pop art exhibit, and is home to Cobra Rock Boot Company and The Wrong Store.

Marfa Myths, an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program, was founded in 2014 by the nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa and Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer. The festival brings together a diversity of emerging and established artists and musicians to work creatively and collaboratively across music, film, and visual arts contexts. The festival is inherently embedded in the landscape of Far West Texas and deeply engaged with Marfa's cultural history and present-day community.

Building 98, also located in Marfa, is a project of the International Woman's Foundation, which has operated an artist-in-residency program since 2002. The International Woman's Foundation was responsible for placing Fort D.A. Russell on the National Register of Historic Places as an effort to preserve the historic importance of the site. [20] The facility's studio galleries host artists who desire to exhibit work in the region at a premier venue. In late September 2012 through early April 2013, the foundation held a major retrospective of the works of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong at Building 98 featuring over 75 unseen works of the early American woman modernist. Building 98 is located at historic Fort D. A. Russell; it is the home of Marfa's German POW murals. [21] [22] The facility also features the George Sugarman sculpture courtyard. [20]

Marfa lights

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Official viewing platform for the Marfa lights

Marfa is the location of the Marfa lights, visible on clear nights between Marfa and the Paisano Pass when one is facing southwest (toward the Chinati Mountains). According to the Handbook of Texas Online, "at times they appear colored as they twinkle in the distance. They move about, split apart, melt together, disappear, and reappear. Presidio County residents have watched the lights for over a hundred years." The first historical record of them dates to 1883. [23] Presidio County has built a viewing station 9 miles east of town on US 67 near the site of the old air base. Each year, enthusiasts gather for the annual Marfa Lights Festival.

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Marker of Marfa

Various movie productions have filmed in and around parts of Marfa. The 1950 film High Lonesome and the 1956 Warner Bros. film Giant were filmed in Marfa.[ citation needed ]

In August 2006, two films were partially shot in Marfa: There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men . [24] [25]

Larry Clark's 2012 film Marfa Girl was filmed exclusively in Marfa. [26] Also, Far Marfa , written and directed by Cory Van Dyke, made its debut in 2012. [27]

Morley Safer presented a 60 Minutes segment in on August 4, 2013, titled "Marfa, Texas, the Capital of Quirkiness." [28]

In 2017, Marfa was featured as the setting of the Amazon series I Love Dick, an adaptation of Chris Kraus's 1997 novel, which was set in Pasadena, California. [29] [30] [31]

Marfa was also the filming location for the music video of the xx song “On Hold.”

Marfa is featured in the 2019 Simpsons episode "Mad About the Toy." [32]

In the Disney Channel series of "So Weird" in the first season episode in 1999, titled "Will o' the Wisp". The group goes to Marfa, Texas for a music venue. Fi & Jack go out one night outside Marfa, Texas to see if they can view the famous Marfa Lights. It was not filmed in Marfa, Texas but filmed a location near their studios in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada location. Apparently, the writers and production staff knew nothing about the area of Marfa, Texas when filming this episode. Fi & Jack are in a forest area with large trees trying to view the "Marfa Lights". In fact, Marfa, Texas is located in a desert area which there is no forest of any kind. The local Marfa Chamber of Commerce and Marfa City Hall Council said, "We got a laugh when the "So Weird' group out goes out into a forest area that does not even exist anywhere in or near our town."

"Marfa" is the eighth track on Texas symphonic rock band Mother Falcon's second studio album, You Knew. [33] It is also the name of songs by Wildcat! Wildcat!, S. Carey, and Paul Cauthen ("Marfa Lights"). [34] [35] [36]

Marfa is featured in Ben Lerner's 2014 novel 10:04 . [37]

Media

Marfa is home to National Public Radio-affiliated station KRTS.

Marfa houses the offices of the Big Bend Sentinel , serving Marfa, and International/Internacional, serving Presidio, in one building. [38] The former is a weekly newspaper covering the areas of Marfa, Fort Davis, Presidio, and far West Texas. Marfa Magazine is a yearly publication distributed from Marfa, founded and operated by Johnny Calderon Jr. It focuses on issues and general information about Marfa, Alpine, and Fort Davis.[ citation needed ]

Infrastructure

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Hotel Paisano and the Presidio County Courthouse

On October 1, 2009, the city council voted to no longer have a local police department. At the time, the Presidio County Sheriff's Department and Texas Highway Patrol provided law enforcement for the city, as well as the county as a whole. As of 2019, however, the Marfa Police Department has been re-established, and five officers, including a chief and lieutenant, oversee law enforcement within the city limits.

Education

Marfa is served by the Marfa Independent School District. Within it, Marfa Elementary School and Marfa Junior/Senior High School serve the city.

Hispanic students attended the segregated Blackwell School from 1909 to 1965. The school was authorized to be a National Historic Site in 2022. [39]

Marfa International School, [40] a private school, opened in 2012,[ citation needed ] serving students in grades 1–8, with scholarships available based on need.[ citation needed ] However, it closed in 2016. [41]

Presidio County is within the Odessa College District for community college. [42]

Public library

Marfa and the surrounding area are served by the Marfa Public Library, which houses a diverse collection in a variety of formats. The library began in 1947 when the Marfa Lions Club and the Marfa Study Club agreed to establish a library for the citizens of the area. [43] The library was originally housed in the historic U.S.O. building, but was moved to a city-owned building after the city took over the project. After meeting the requirements of the Texas State Library, it became a member of the Texas Trans-Pecos Library System. [43] The present library building was donated to the City of Marfa in 1973 by the first chairperson, Laura Bailey, and her husband Bishop. [43] Future expansions and renovations to the current building are also planned.

Transportation

Highways

Rail

Amtrak's Sunset Limited , which operates between New Orleans and Los Angeles three days a week, passes through the city, but does not stop; the nearest station is located in Alpine, 26 mi (42 km) northeast.

Bus

Greyhound Lines operates an intercity bus service from the Western Union office. [44]

Airports

Commercial air service is available at either Midland International Air and Space Port (IATA: MAF, ICAO: KMAF, FAA LID: MAF) or El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP). [45] The airports are, respectively, 182 miles (292 km) northeast, and 189 miles (304 km) northwest. [46] Marfa Municipal Airport (IATA: MRF, ICAO: KMRF, FAA LID: MRF) is a county-operated public-use airport 3 miles (5 km) to the north of the city in unincorporated Presidio County.

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