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The availability of cheap land in the area created a strong interest in land speculation. Special trains were dispatched to bring land speculators to the area and by the early 1920s as many as 200 people a day were coming to see the land. One of the more notable land speculation ventures was the construction of the Del Mar Resort on Boca Chica ...
The city gained area prior to the 2010 census [11] giving it a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km 2), of which 0.1 square mile (0.3 km 2) (4.50%) is covered by water. [ 12 ] The City of Roma is located along the Rio Grande, which is the frontier between the United States and Mexico.