Boracho, Texas
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Boracho is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located east of
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and Van Horn in
Culberson County, Texas Culberson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 2,188. The county seat is Van Horn, Texas, Van Horn. Culberson County was founded in 1 ...
, United States.


History

A post office called Boracho was established in 1908, and closed in 1912, with Mary E. Glenn as postmistress.


Etymology

The town name is derived from Spanish, meaning "drunk".


References

Unincorporated communities in Culberson County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{CulbersonCountyTX-geo-stub