Anthony, Texas (incorporated in 1952) is situated approximately sixteen miles northwest of downtown El Paso on the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso County. Located at 31°60'N 106°35'W, the land area is 6.50 square miles (4,159 acres). It is know as the official “Leap Year Capital” of the world. It was reportedly named by a Mexican-American woman who built a chapel to St. Anthony of Padua sometime before 1884. A post office was established on the El Paso County side in March of that year but was never in operation. The Texas community later became known as La Tuna, after the Federal Correctional Institution located there, at which a post office was open from 1932 to 1965.

The economy is keyed to agriculture and to La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution. The economy primarily depends on the agricultural trade in the area, the employment generated by the businesses in El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The current population of Anthony is estimated at 3,850 people. This includes approximately 1,300 inmates and 97 prison employees living on the campus of La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, which is located nearby. By the year 2010, the population is expected to grow to 5000. Recent census population characteristics identified:

• 82.8% Hispanic
• 12.4% of population as white
• 3.9 black
• 1.6% American Indian

We are located in the far west of Texas border with New Mexico and Mexico. Anthony, Texas is the sister city of Anthony, New Mexico.