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Fort Davis, Texas
Fort Davis
is a
census-designated place
(CDP) in
Jeff Davis County
,
Texas
,
United States
. The population was 1,050 at the
2000 census
and 1,041 according to a 2007 estimate. It is the
county seat
of
Jeff Davis County
. It was the site of Fort Davis established in 1854 on the
San Antonio-El Paso Road
through west Texas and named after
Jefferson Davis
, who was then the Secretary of War under President
Franklin Pierce
.
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