SAN ANGELO

city, seat (1875) of Tom Green county, west-central Texas, U.S. It lies 91 miles (146 km) southwest of Abilene. Founded in 1869 near Fort Concho (now a museum) at the confluence of the North, South, and Middle Concho rivers, it was first known as Over-the-River but was renamed Santa Angela (later masculinized) for a sister-in-law of Bart J. DeWitt, one of the founders. The rivers have there been impounded (for irrigation and flood control) to form Twin Buttes Reservoir and other lakes. The city is a major wool and mohair market and holds a wool pageant each June. Livestock raising is important, and a stock show and rodeo are held annually. Angelo State University was opened as a state college in 1928. Goodfellow Air Force Base and light-industrial development help to diversify the city's economic structure. San Angelo's manufactures include petroleum products, meat and dairy products, cottonseed products, shoes, boots, saddles, Western-style jewelry, printing and binding, metal products, and stone, clay, and glass products. The town of Paint Rock, 30 miles (50 km) east of San Angelo, was named for the approximately 1,500 Indian pictographs on a nearby river bluff; the pictographs date from prehistoric times to the appearance of Christian missions in the vicinity. Inc. 1903. Pop. (1990) city, 84,474; San Angelo MSA, 98,458.