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Rio Bravo is a city in Webb County, Texas, United States. It lies16 miles (26 km) south of Laredo on U.S. Route 83 , [ 4 ] on the left bank of the Rio Grande ( Spanish : Rio Bravo ). Founded in 1982 by Cecil McDonald, a property developer who also founded neighboring El Cenizo , [ 4 ] Rio Bravo was incorporated as a city in 1989. [ 5 ]
48-41464 [ 6] GNIS feature ID. 1339633 [ 7] Website. laredotexas.gov. Laredo ( / ləˈreɪdoʊ / lə-RAY-doh; Spanish: [laˈɾeðo]) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and seat of Webb County, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
In English, Rio Grande is pronounced either / ˈ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r æ n d / or / ˈ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r ɑː n d eɪ /. In Mexico, it is known as Río Bravo or Río Bravo del Norte, bravo meaning (among other things) "furious", "agitated" or "wild". Historically, the Pueblo and Navajo peoples also have had names for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: mets ...
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), from the Gulf of Mexico, upstream to its source. ... Laredo, Texas –Nuevo ...
The new Republic had an official newspaper: “Correo del Rio Bravo del Norte” and their state motto was Dios, Libertad y Convención (God, Liberty, and Convention). [1] The Republic of Rio Grande was a brief attempt to create an independent nation inside northern Mexico. The insurgency lasted from 17 January to 6 November 1840.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley ( Spanish: Valle del Río Grande ), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [ 1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas ...
Presidio County was established from Bexar County on January 3, 1850. Fort Leaton became the county seat. The county was organized in 1875 as the largest county in the United States, with 12,000 square miles (31,000 km 2 ). Fort Davis was named the county seat. The boundaries and seat of Presidio County were changed in the 1880s.
Larga Vista, Texas, Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, & La Presa, Texas. El Cenizo is a city in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,540 at the 2020 census. [ 4] El Cenizo is the third-largest city in Webb County. It is located about 20 miles south of the county seat of Laredo .