Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Falcon Village, TX

Falcon Village is a census-designated place in southwestern Starr County, located off State Highway 2098 at the southeast end of International Falcon Reservoir, about four miles west of U.S. Highway 83.

Falcon Village is unusual among Texas communities because it was built as a restricted government town for federal employees working at Falcon Dam, rather than growing up as an ordinary settlement.

The federal government constructed Falcon Village's homes, athletic areas, parks, and administration building in 1949, when construction of Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande was getting underway.

Falcon Village's residents historically included personnel of the International Boundary and Water Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Falcon Village's homes overlook Falcon State Park, Falcon Lake, and the mountains across the border in Mexico.

In 1990 Falcon Village had 76 inhabitants living in 50 homes, and the 2000 census counted 78 people in 32 households, with a median household income of $39,028 and no residents below the poverty line.

Falcon Village's population has since collapsed — from 78 in 2000 to 47 in 2010 and just 3 residents in the 2020 census, a drop of more than 93% in a single decade.

All three of Falcon Village's 2020 residents identified as Hispanic or Latino, and the CDP covers about 0.85 square miles of land in the Roma-Los Saenz area of Starr County.

Public education for Falcon Village is provided by the Roma Independent School District, with children zoned to Emma Vera Elementary School and Roma High School, the district's only comprehensive high school.