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Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...
Del Rio is a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County [1] in southwestern Texas, United States. As of 2020 , Del Rio had a population of 34,673. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Starr County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,920. [ 1] Its county seat is Rio Grande City. [ 2] The county was created in 1848. [ 3] It is named for James Harper Starr, who served as secretary of the treasury of the Republic of Texas .
601 E. Main St. 26°22′38″N 98°48′56″W. / 26.377222°N 98.81554°W / 26.377222; -98.81554 ( LaBorde House, Store and Hotel) Rio Grande City. Part of Rio Grande City Downtown Historic District. 5. Mifflin Kenedy Warehouse and Old Starr County Courthouse. Mifflin Kenedy Warehouse and Old Starr County Courthouse.
Terlingua, Texas. / 29.29917°N 103.57944°W / 29.29917; -103.57944. Terlingua ( / tərˈlɪŋɡwə / tər-LING-gwə) is a mining district and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Brewster County, Texas, United States. It is located near the Rio Grande and the villages of Lajitas and Study Butte, Texas, as well as the Mexican ...
Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. [1] Its county seat is Del Rio. [2] The Del Rio micropolitan statistical area includes all of Val Verde County. Val Verde, which means "green valley", [3] was named for a battle of the Civil War.
Surface elevation. 301 ft (92 m) Falcon International Reservoir ( Spanish: Embalse Internacional Falcón ), commonly called Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The huge lake is bounded by Starr and Zapata Counties on the Texas side of the ...
Devils River (Texas) Coordinates: 29°27′33″N 101°3′34″W. Map of the Rio Grande watershed, showing the Devils River joining the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The Devils River in southwestern Texas, part of the Rio Grande drainage basin, has limited areas of whitewater along its length. It begins in northwest Sutton County, at 30°19′40 ...