Van Horn is a town in and the county seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,435 at the 2000 census. Van Horn is located at 31Â°2â²33â³N 104Â°49â²59â³W / 31.0425Â°N 104.83306Â°W / 31.0425; -104.83306 (31.042489, -104.832928). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 kmÂ²), all of it land.
The completed fence is mainly in New Mexico, Arizona, and California, with construction underway in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that it had more than 580 miles (930 km) of fence in place by the second week of January, 2009.
Texas has a longer border with Mexico. Most of the US-Mexico border of 3,141 Kilometers (1,952 miles) is defined by the course of the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo del Norte, â¦as it is known in Mexico), along a stretch of 2,019 Kilometers (1,254 miles); the Mexico-New Mexico border is only 338 Kilometers (210 miles) of length.