Rachal is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in south central Brooks County, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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. It is located near the intersection of U.S. Highway 281

U.S. Route 281

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 and FM 755, approximately twenty-one miles south of Falfurrias

Falfurrias, Texas

Falfurrias is a city in and the county seat of Brooks County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,297 at the 2000 census. The town is named for founder Edward Cunningham Lasater's ranch, La Mota de Falfurrias. In 1893, the Falfurrias ranch was one of the largest in Texas at some 350,000...

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The community was established in 1913 and was named for E.R. Rachal, the first Brooks County tax assessor. Today, it exists as a dispersed community of nearly forty residents and a few businesses.

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