Panther Junction 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 in

Brewster County, Texas Brewster County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine, Texas, Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and b ...

, United States. The community is located inside

Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topograph ...

. The ZIP Code serving the community is 79834, which is addressed to

Geography

Panther Junction is located approximately twenty miles east of Study Butte. The

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for the community is above

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Climate

Education

Panther Junction is served by the

San Vicente Independent School District San Vicente Independent School District is a public school district in Brewster County, Texas (USA). The district has one school – San Vicente Elementary – located on the grounds of Big Bend National Park. It serves students in grades kinder ...

, which located its school facility there circa 1951. The district covers most of Big Bend National Park and Southeastern Brewster County. High schoolers zoned to San Vicente ISD attend school in Terlingua Common School District's Big Bend High School. Previously

Alpine High School Alpine High School is a public high school located in the city of Alpine, Texas (USA) and is classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Alpine Independent School District located in north-central Brewster County. For the 2021-2022 ...

of the Alpine Independent School District served as the high school for students from San Vicente ISD. In 1996 Big Bend High opened, and San Vicente began sending students to Big Bend High when it was established.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Brewster County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas