Mirando City, Texas
| Mirando City, Texas | |
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| CDP | |
Mirando City water tower
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| Coordinates: 27°26′26″N 98°59′57″W / 27.44056°N 98.99917°WCoordinates: 27°26′26″N 98°59′57″W / 27.44056°N 98.99917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Webb |
| Established | 1881 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Land | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 786 ft (231 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 166 |
| • Density | 550/sq mi (210/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) |
| Zip Code | 78369 |
| Area code(s) | +1 - 361 |
| FIPS code | 48-48756 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1341732 |
| Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD | |
Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500. The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents. Peyoteros have harvested peyote in Mirando City for over a hundred years.
Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.
O. W. Killiam established the community in 1921. Charles A. Ingersoll, known as Bob, was an early wildcatter oilman in Webb County.
Mirando City is located at 27°26′26″N 98°59′57″W / 27.44056°N 98.99917°W (27.440631, -98.999170).
According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km²), all of it land. This CDP lost area in the changes in Webb County prior to the 2010 census. It's total area was reduced to 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all land.
It is 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Laredo.
As of the census of 2000, there were 493 people, 145 households, and 108 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 44.5 people per square mile (17.2/km²). There were 205 housing units at an average density of 18.5/sq mi (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.80% White, 0.20% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 10.95% from other races, and 2.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 91.89% of the population.
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