San Angelo Named No. 1 True Western Town for 2026

SAN ANGELO, TX — Discover San Angelo, the city’s destination marketing organization, announced that San Angelo has been named the No. 1 town in True West magazine’s Top 10 True Western Towns for 2026. San Angelo has appeared in the Top 10 for eight consecutive years.

In the magazine’s January/February 2026 edition, which Discover San Angelo said is hitting newsstands Jan. 6, True West wrote: “San Angelo doesn’t just honor it’s Western roots, it lives them. Founded in 1867 beside Fort Concho, the town rose from a frontier trading post to one of Texas’s toughest and most colorful cowtowns. Soldiers, buffalo hunters and cattlemen once filled its dusty streets, and from the parade grounds at Fort Concho, the U.S. Cavalry rode out to tame the rugged Concho Valley.”

The magazine continued: “But San Angelo never stopped evolving. The town that once outfitted trail drivers now draws travelers with a vibrant arts and music scene, Western-themed murals and bootmakers whose craft rivals any in the west. From its frontier fort to its modern flair, San Angelo stands proof that the West isn’t something you reenact, it’s something you live. That’s why True West proudly names it the #1 Top Western Town for 2026.”