La Paloma, Texas
| La Paloma, Texas | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location of La Paloma, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 26°2′55″N 97°40′1″W / 26.04861°N 97.66694°WCoordinates: 26°2′55″N 97°40′1″W / 26.04861°N 97.66694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Cameron |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.2 sq mi (5.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.2 sq mi (5.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,903 |
| • Density | 1,348/sq mi (520.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 78586 |
| Area code(s) | 956 |
| FIPS code | 48-41416 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1374420 |
La Paloma is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2010 census, up from 354 at the 2000 census, when it was drawn to cover a much smaller area. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. La Paloma means "the dove" in Spanish. The city was so named because Native Americans told Spanish missionaries that the dove from Noah's ark likely came from the area.
La Paloma is located in southwestern Cameron County at 26°2′55″N 97°40′1″W / 26.04861°N 97.66694°W (26.048605, -97.667017). It is on the north side of U.S. Route 281, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of the center of Brownsville and 5 miles (8 km) east of Los Indios. It is less than one mile north of the Rio Grande, the Mexico–United States border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the La Paloma CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2), all of it land.
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