Wink is on Monument Draw, Hwy 115, and Farm Road 1232, seven miles southwest of Kermit in southwestern Winkler County.
In the late 1970s the local oil economy improved after a slump, but the number of businesses there slipped to a low of five by the late 1980s. At the end of the 1980s Wink operated on a limited budget, based on low tax rates. In 1990 Wink remained a small oil town with a population of 1,189.