Sanderson, TX

Sanderson is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Terrell County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 664 residents. Sanderson was created in 1882 as a part of neighboring Pecos County. Sanderson became the seat of Terrell County in 1905. Both the high school and junior high school have a six-man football team. The short version is that Sanderson carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Sanderson: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Sanderson was founded in 1882. Sanderson is located on U.S. Route 90, 120 miles west of Del Rio. Sanderson has a hot, semiarid climate bordering on both a cool semiarid climate and a hot desert climate.