These 3 Texas Counties Still Don’t Allow Alcohol in 2025

You’d think Prohibition ended a century ago, but in parts of Texas, the party still never started. Some towns are so dry, you’d swear time stopped in 1933.

In Texas, alcohol laws come down to local choice.

A dry county bans the sale of all alcohol: beer, wine, and liquor.
A partially wet county allows beer and wine in select stores or restaurants.
A wet county allows alcohol sales anywhere licensed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC).

Each county’s status depends on local voters, not the state, and can change if the community decides to vote again.

Recently, Liberty County finally gave the green light to alcohol sales after decades of opposition. But while they’re celebrating with their first legal drink in decades, a handful of other Texas counties are still clinging to their Prohibition-era rules.

Roberts County: Way up in the Texas Panhandle, Roberts County is still completely dry: no bars, no beer, no exceptions.

Kent County: This tiny West Texas county might have more cows than people, and not a single drop of alcohol for sale.

Borden County: Borden keeps it old-school: no liquor stores, no cold ones, just wide-open land and a whole lot of self-control.

While most of Texas has long since moved past its dry days, these last 3 counties are still holding tight to tradition, no beer runs, no bar tabs, and no last calls. In Texas, change usually happens slowly, one county vote at a time.