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Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,996. Its county seat is Fort Davis. The county is named for Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis served as the 23rd United States Secretary of War in the 1850s, and as President of the Confederate States of America.

Jeff Davis County is recognizable for its unique shape; it is a pentagon that has no north–south nor east–west boundaries, save for a six-mile line serving as its southern boundary. It is the only county in the United States that touches a foreign country (Mexico) at a single point. Jeff Davis is one of the nine counties that compose the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.

The county contains the Texas Davis Mountains American Viticultural Area. About are "under vine". The McDonald Observatory, owned by the University of Texas at Austin, is located near Fort Davis.