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South Texas is a geographic and cultural region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes—San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande , and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico .
The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas or locally as the Valley, RGV, or the 956 is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1]
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas's South Texas region. The South Texas region is an area of 28 counties defined by the Texas Comptroller for economic reporting in 2022, as mapped here. The region included 2020 population of 2.4, or 8.3 percent of Texas' population, with about 32 percent in Hidalgo ...
South Point is located in southern Cameron County at (25.870009, -97.383255 It is located north and west of a bend in the Rio Grande; the bend includes the southernmost point of the river and of Texas, about 2 miles (3 km) south of South Point.
James Hamilton Jr., governor of South Carolina (1830–1832) who gave financial aid to the Republic of Texas 8,619: 836 sq mi (2,165 km 2) Hansford County: 195: Spearman: 1876: Bexar County: John M. Hansford, a Texas state representative and judge 5,071: 920 sq mi (2,383 km 2) Hardeman County: 197: Quanah: 1858: Fannin County
Kenedy Pasture Company, which also houses the Kenedy Ranch Museum, Sarita, Texas, 2008. In 1904, the town of Sarita, Texas was founded from land that had been part of Kenedy Ranch. John G. Kenedy named the town after his daughter Sarita Kenedy East. The town served the Kenedy Pasture Company and Kenedy Ranch and its employees.
The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader, Ricardo Gonzalez, alias "El Ricky."
The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American South and Southwest . [ 1 ]