Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Dilley, TX

Dilley is a town in Frio County on Interstate 35, south of the county seat of Pearsall, in the South Texas Brush Country.

Dilley's post office opened in 1885, and the town grew slowly for decades, counting just 929 residents in the 1930 census.

Dilley calls itself the "Watermelon Capital of Texas," hosts an annual watermelon festival, and greets visitors with the motto "A slice of the good life!"

Dilley is one of only two incorporated cities in Frio County, alongside the county seat, Pearsall.

Dilley's population was 3,274 at the 2020 census, living in 886 households - down from 3,894 residents in 2010.

In the 2010 census, 1,253 of Dilley's 3,894 counted residents - nearly a third of the town - were incarcerated people held in facilities in town.

Dilley is home to the Dolph Briscoe Unit, a Texas state prison named for former governor Dolph Briscoe.

Dilley hosts the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention facility for women and children that opened in December 2014 with a capacity of 2,400 people and has been described as the largest family detention center in the United States.

Dilley covers about 2.4 square miles of flat brush country at the intersection of Interstate 35 and State Highway 85, about 70 miles south of San Antonio.