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 western edge of the Oklahoma panhandle is out of alignment with its Texas border. The Oklahoma/New Mexico border is actually 2.1 to 2.2 miles east of the Texas line. The border between Texas and New Mexico was set first as a result of a survey by Spain in 1819. It was then set along the 103rd Meridian.