San Vicente, Texas


San Vicente is a ghost town in Brewster County, Texas, United States, within the protruding big bend of the Rio Grande. The village was geographically north of the San Vicente Crossing in present-day Big Bend National Park. The uninhabited site provides a panoramic view of the Chisos Mountains and the Sierra San Vicente migrating into Northern Mexico.

Historical citations of San Vicente

San Vicente settlement established cemeteries north and south of the village vicinity encompassing between the memorial grounds. The south funerary plot, also known as the San Vicente Crossing cemetery, has a proximity to the San Vicente Crossing on the Rio Grande.

Presidio of San Vicente

On September 10, 1772, the Spanish Empire issued new regulations for presidios constructed in New Spain along the southern boundaries of the Rio Grande river basin in the Northern Mexico territories. Presidio de San Vicente was established in 1773 offering sanctuary for Spanish Texas pioneers seeking passage through the San Vicente Crossing at the Rio Grande. It was under the jurisdiction of Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain. The presidio fortification was an adobe and pueblo style structure serving as a garrison while providing a defensive wall against the native plains inhabitants during the Mexican Indian Wars. The Spanish Presidio coerced the territorial development of New Spain in the Chihuahua and Coahuila territories of the Spanish America colonies while fortifying the Spanish missions in Texas.

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