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[[File:OLD CHURCH IN TERLINGUA - NARA - 545813.jpg|thumb|Old Church in Terlingua, 1973]]
'''Terlingua''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ər|ˈ|l|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|w|ə}} {{respell|tər|LING|gwə}}) is a mining district and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in southwestern [[Brewster County, Texas|Brewster County]], [[Texas]], United States. It is located near the [[Rio Grande]] and the villages of [[Lajitas, Texas|Lajitas]] and [[Study Butte, Texas]], as well as the [[Mexico|Mexican]] state of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]. The discovery of [[cinnabar]], from which the [[metal]] [[mercury (element)|mercury]] is extracted, in the mid-1880s brought miners to the area, creating a city of 2,000 people. The only remnants of the [[mining]] days are a [[ghost town]] of the Howard Perry-owned Chisos Mining Company and several nearby capped and abandoned mines: the California Hill, the Rainbow, the 248, and the Study Butte mines{{cn|reason=The history of Terlingua is complex, and dates and details vary from source to source; as such it would be useful to cite from one or more definitive accounts.}}. The mineral [[terlinguaite]] was first found in the vicinity of California Hill.
The population of Terlingua as of 2020 was 78.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=2020 Decennial Census (P1): Terlingua CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Terlingua%20CDP,%20Texas&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200824/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4872248 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=October 25, 2022 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census}}</ref>
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