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Crystal City is a city in and the county seat of Zavala County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 6,354 as of the 2020 census. [6] It was settled as a farming and ranching community and was a major railroad stop being 110 miles (180 km) from San Antonio.
Crystal City, named after the town it neighbors and located 110 miles (180 km) south of San Antonio, was one of the largest camps in Texas.Before the war, Crystal City had been a migrant labor camp, built by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) to house an influx of migrant workers who came to farm the area's most profitable crop, spinach.
Memorial stele at the site of the WWII internment camp for Japanese Americans in Crystal City, Texas. Date: 2 December 2015, 18:26: Source: US 83 TX Crystal City ...
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Crystal City organized home guards for protection against Villa's associates. By 1930, Crystal City was overwhelmingly composed of Hispanic Americans. That year, Zavala County had the highest percentage of laborers (1,430 per 100 farms) and the lowest percentage of tenants (33 per 100 farms) of all counties in South Texas.
The first courthouse was constructed in 1885, in Batesville, the second was built in Crystal City in 1928. [2] The current Courthouse was built in 1970, and designed by architect Gene P. Hobart in a modern style. [3] [4]
Crystal, North Dakota; Crystal City, Texas. Namesake of nearby Crystal City Internment Camp during World War II; Crystal City, Virginia; Stations.
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