San Angelo is between interstates I-20 & I-10,
about 3-1/2 hours southwest of Ft Worth.
It is a small West Texas town in Tom Green County
with a county population estimate of 110,000.

San Angelo is home to the Concho pearl, obtained from the Concho River that runs throughout the town, and becomes beautiful jewelry crafted by local jewelers. Our historic Fort Concho is an active event venue and tourist attraction. Fort Concho National Historic Landmark was recently declared "Best Preserved Fort" by the readers of True West magazine, a nationally distributed publication that specializes in Western history and heritage travel. Fort Concho will receive this recognition in True West's special 2012 edition that will cover the "Best of the West" in various categories-- truewestmagazine.com. February is the annual Livestock Show and Rodeo and parade. Along with ranching, San Angelo has been and is a sheep and wool industry area; colorful sheep sculptures are displayed throughout the town. The once popular Miss Hatties Bordello (now a museum) operated until 1946 when it was closed by the Texas Rangers. Along with the museum now is the beloved Miss Hatties Cafe Restaurant & Saloon, a favorite spot for both dining and entertainment. An annual "LILY FEST" is held to display our International Water Lily Collection; see the IWC website in the 'Links' section below left. There are many civic and social clubs as well as recreational activities. The annual "Showdown in San Angelo" drag boat races event (SDBA, Southern Drag Boat Assoc) is held at our Lake Nasworthy. San Angelo has two excellent hospitals and many doctors of every specialty. We have a Visitors Center, Symphony, Jazz Concert Series with well-known visiting artists, Civic Theatre, Fine Arts Museum, a youth Ballet school that annually presents the NUTCRACKER, and a youth Broadway Academy that presents several plays annually. Being in Western Texas, we of course have plenty of country-western music venues and blues music inns. Professional sports include the Colts Baseball Club and the Stampede indoor football. Proudly, Goodfellow Air Force Base is located here and an active participant in our community. We have Howard College and (ASU) Angelo State University, which was named to the Princeton Review List of "The Best 371 Colleges" nationally for 2010 and
"The Best 373 Colleges" for 2011 and again for 2012.