In Val Verde County, Langtry is located northwest of Del Rio on US 90 on the banks of the Rio Grande River the United States/Mexico border, near Armistad National Recreation Area.
By the early 1970s the number of residents there had dwindled to around forty, and most of the town, with the exception of the state-owned Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center, was put up for sale by the Dodd family, then residing in San Antonio and Del Rio. Apparently it never sold. Tourism is the town's major industry; in 1981 the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center in Langtry welcomed its one-millionth visitor, and Langtry continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. In 1990 the population of Langtry was reported as 145.