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.
The border between Mexico and the United States spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, and has over twenty commercial railroad crossings. Border counties in the United States along the Mexican border. To the right lies Tijuana, Baja California, and on the left is San Diego, California.The building in the foreground on the San Diego side is a sewage treatment plant built to clean the Tijuana River.order counties in the United States along the Mexican border. To the right lies Tijuana, Baja California, and on the left is San Diego, California. The building in the foreground on the San Diego side is a sewage treatment plant built to clean the Tijuana River.