🌵 FICTIONAL COUNTY: Cimarron Ford County, Texas (pronounced: SIM-uh-ron Ford) Location: South Texas, about 1.5 hours from San Antonio, near the scrubland edge before true brush country starts. Vibe: Dusty sunsets. Big sky. Rodeo culture. Ranch dynasties. Old money + new money colliding. Border-influenced food and music. A classic Texas county that feels like it’s existed for 150 years.

🐂 COUNTY SEAT: Crimson Ridge (Sounds romantic + rugged. Perfect for series.) Population: ~18,500 Vibe: “Small town with a long memory.” A place where everyone knows everyone’s mama, exes, cousins, scandals. Key Features: 🔹️Crimson Ridge Courthouse Square Old red sandstone courthouse. Farmers’ market. Christmas parade. 🔹️Red Bluff Riverwalk Slow brown-green river, pretty at sunset. Couples sneak down here to kiss or fight. 🔹️Longhorn & Lace Bar The main nightlife spot. Cowboys, oil field guys, ranch hands. Line dancing on Thursdays. 🔹️Blue Coyote Café Breakfast tacos and gossip. Everyone passes through. 🔹️Cimarron Rodeo Grounds Huge annual rodeo → great for meet-cutes, enemies-to-lovers tension, messy breakups.

🌾 OTHER TOWNS IN CIMARRON FORD COUNTY • Sagebrush Flats (pop. 2,100) Old-school ranch town. Stone houses, wide plains, cattle auctions. Perfect for cowboy brothers, rancher families, and legacy drama.

• Rio Verde (pop. 7,800) More modern. Has a strip mall, high school football powerhouse, new money suburbs. Great for business romances, sports romances, or politician heirs.

• Arroyo Vista (pop. 900) Hilltop old ranch community overlooking a dry creek bed. Rich folks + recluse ranchers. Aesthetic as hell.

• Dry Creek (pop. 400) Basically a crossroads with a diner and a gas station. Perfect for loner characters, secrets, hidden pasts.

🐎 BIG LANDMARKS (for scenes & plot moments) ♦ Heart Ranch The big generational ranch. Feuding families, inheritance drama, broken cowboys. ♦ Cimarron Stockyards Place for confrontations, late-night angst, meeting your rival while handling cattle. ♦ Buckshot Arena Bull riding, rodeo events, mutton bustin’, heartbreak. ♦ Lost Lantern Trail Old hiking/horse trail with legends. Great for emotional confession scenes. ♦ Whispering Canyon Quiet, windy, perfect for romantic horseback rides. ♦ The Rusty Spur Motel Ugly neon sign. SECRETS HAPPEN HERE.

💛 THE COUNTY “FLAVOR”

Dialects: South Texas drawl + some Spanish mixing. Food: BBQ, carne guisada tacos, kolaches, peach cobbler. Economy: Ranching, oil fields, trucking yards, small businesses, rodeo tourism. Weather: Hot as sin. Flash floods. Incredible thunderstorms. People beliefs: Family loyalty is currency, Your reputation matters, and Everyone knows where you were last night