Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, in the US state of Texas, United States. The population was 85,778 at the 2020 census [ 4 ] and an estimated 86,635 in 2022. [ 5 ] Mission is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.
John Conway founded the city of Mission, Texas in 1907 with J. W. Holt when the two purchased the 17,000-acre (6,900 ha) La Lomita Ranch from the Oblate fathers. Subdivided parcels were sold to arriving settlers and water was pumped from the Rio Grande by means of a pumping station called the First Lift Station and distributed to the residents of the Rio Grande Valley through the Mission Canal ...
Mission — a city in Hidalgo County and the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area of South Texas. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns , or census-designated places .
The types of municipalities in Texas are defined in the Local Government Code, which was codified in 1987. The designations of city, town and village were superseded by Type A, B, and C general-law cities in the code.
When the city of Mission, Texas, was founded in 1908, it was named in honor of La Lomita. [1] The chapel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964, [9] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [10]
Hidalgo County (/ h ɪ ˈ d æ l ɡ oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 870,781, [2] making it the ninth-most populous county in Texas, and the most populous county outside of the counties in the Texas Triangle.
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.