Taft, Texas

About Taft

Taft, TX is a small town located in southern Texas counting 2,929 people who proudly call it home.

Taft holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.67 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,754 residents per square mile.

📰 Taft News Today

• Blitz Preview: Taft Greyhounds kiiitv.com · Aug 18
• Santiago "Jimmie" Adame resthavenfunerals.com · Aug 12
• Free mobile health clinic brings medical care to Taft residents kiiitv.com · Aug 17
• Obituary for Leland Anthony Chvatal at Klein Memorial Park - Spring-Klein kleinfh.com · Aug 7
• Kenneth Francis Gatz Obituary (2026) - Portland, TX - Winsteads' Funeral Home - Portland Legacy obituary · Jul 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Taft Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Taft — but the Texas one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Taft Blackland Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Taft

• Taft City Park reviews ★
• Welder Wildlife Foundation Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Taft

• COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY
• RICARDO L TREVINO J H
• TAFT H S
• WOODROE PETTY EL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Taft

🏘️ Nearby Communities