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Mission, Texas. / 26.21139°N 98.32139°W / 26.21139; -98.32139. 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.
The Alamo. / 29.42583°N 98.48611°W / 29.42583; -98.48611. The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which ...
Coordinates: 26.2525°N 98.4772°W. La Joya Independent School District is a school district headquartered in La Joya, Texas, United States . The La Joya Independent School District, located in the western portion of Hidalgo County, Texas consist of more than 226 square miles (590 km 2) stretching west of Mission (small portions of Mission are ...
1962. The Ysleta Mission, located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in the State of Texas. The Ysleta community is also recognized as the oldest in Texas and claims to have the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States.
The county is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico 's independence from Spain. [3] It is located in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 870,781, [4] making it the ninth-most populous county in ...
McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Hidalgo County. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa. McAllen is about 70 mi (110 km) west of the Gulf of Mexico.
Mission San José (Texas) / 29.36222°N 98.47972°W / 29.36222; -98.47972. Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is an historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera. Many buildings on the campus of Texas Tech ...
Moore Air Force Base. / 26.38361°N 98.33361°W / 26.38361; -98.33361. Moore Air Base is an inactive United States Air Force facility located fourteen miles (21 km) northwest of Mission, Texas. It was deactivated on 1 February 1961. The installation was sold to private concerns and partially transferred to the Department of Agriculture ...