Progreso (Texas)
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 Location in Texas
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| Foundation : | 1903 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Hidalgo County |
| Coordinates : | 26 ° 6 ′ N , 97 ° 57 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,867 (as of 2017) |
| Population density : | 761.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 7.7 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.7 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 21 m |
| Postal code : | 78579 |
| Area code : | +1 956 |
| FIPS : | 48-59636 |
| GNIS ID : | 1388197 |
| Website : | www.cityofprogreso.com |
| Mayor : | Gerardo Alanis |
Progreso is a city in the lower Rio Grande -Tal in the US - State of Texas . The settlement was founded in 1903, is located on the southern edge of Hidalgo County not far from the Rio Grande and is only separated from the American-Mexican border by the neighboring town of Progreso Lakes to the south . The “twin city” on the Mexican side of the river is Nuevo Progreso - with around 10,000 inhabitants, it is almost twice the size of the two US cities combined. The name of the city goes back to a post office that was operated under this name from 1901 to 1916. The population of Progreso was 5,867 in 2017.
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| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1990 | 2808 | - | |
| 2000 | 4886 | 74% | |
| 2010 | 5507 | 12.7% | |
Progreso is located in the southeastern part of Hidalgo County. Just like Los Ebanos and La Joya in the southwest and Hidalgo in the central-southern area, the city is one of the series of settlements within the county located in the immediate border area . Their surroundings are shaped by their immediate location in the river valley . In terms of landscape and vegetation , Progreso is part of the lower Rio Grande Valley - a region that is heavily influenced by the irrigated agriculture practiced there and is mainly focused on citrus fruits , sugar cane and vegetable growing . The climate in the region is subtropical and subhumid . The temperature data for the nearby city of McAllen ranging from an average of 8 ° C in January to 35 ° C in July . The average annual temperature is 23 ° C. The average annual rainfall is 584 l / m². The main rainy months are May and September.
The geographical location of Progreso is characterized by its proximity to the two regional centers Weslaco and Mercedes to the north as well as the US Highway 83 , the most important inter-regional road in the Rio Grande Valley, which runs through them . Major route in Progreso is also known as Military Highway designated US Highway 281 - one near the border, parallel to the US Highway 83 extending compound selected from Brownsville , starting on the nordmexikanische center Reynosa supplies and thence turns in the direction McAllen. Immediate neighboring cities and towns are, clockwise from the north: the settlement Llano Grande, the medium-sized town Mercedes and the settlement Progreso Lakes in the south, which also has city rights but only has around 250 inhabitants. The area in the east of the city is largely uninhabited and is mainly used for agricultural purposes. Part of the urban area are the three Colonias A and E Ramirez Colonia, A and E Ramirez Colonia Number 2 and Lyons Colonia . In the south, the urban area is bounded by the Military Highway , on the southern side of which the neighboring town of Progreso Lakes connects.
Progreso was founded around a post office that was built in 1901. The area had been settled since the end of the 18th century - the beginning of the establishment of New Spanish settlement centers in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Until the beginning of the 20th century , the area was owned by a few family farms . With the opening up of the region for commercial agriculture from 1903 - as in the entire Rio Grande Valley area - the land ownership conditions changed here too . The starting point for the new settlement was the post office, in whose northern catchment area the settlement developed. The first phase was characterized by sugar cane cultivation. The Borderland Sugar Company first established a number of sugar plantations . However, they soon sold the area that is now Progreso and Progreso Lakes to the Llano Grande Plantation Company . This in turn sold the area in 1927 to the Progreso Development Company , which now operated the cultivation of citrus fruits as a new economic focus.
The 1930s were marked by economic setbacks. In 1929 a hurricane hit the city badly. Due to the financially troubled situation, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation took control in 1935 - a company restructuring agency that had been set up in 1932 under the aegis of US President Hoover with the aim of helping private companies in distress . The economic development continued to be changeable. Winter frosts in 1949 and 1951 caused severe damage to the citrus crops. One consequence of this was the return to the original sugar cane cultivation. In 1950 the population of the place was around 200 people. In terms of infrastructure , the place had consolidated by the beginning of the 1990s and had several companies and shops as well as an independent school district. After the establishment as an Incorporated City , the population of Progreso grew rapidly - among other things due to the Progreso – Nuevo Progreso International Bridge , which opened in 1952 and leads directly to Nuevo Progreso on the other side of the border.
Demographics
Until it was constituted as an Incorporated City in 1991, the population development was mostly in the range of a few hundred people. The Handbook of Texas Online names 100, 220 and 185 people in its local entry for the years 1940, 1954 and the period 1968–69. The statistics data preparation page population.us lists a population of 2,808 for 1990. By 2010 the population increased to 5,507 people. For 2017, the US census found 5,867 residents. 2,957 of these were male , 2,910 female , 4,087 adults , 1,780 children or adolescents and 613 older than 65 years. The median age was 26.5 years. 5,805 inhabitants or 98.9% described themselves as Hispanic or Latino , 63 or 0.1% as white (2.6%). Afro-Americans , Asians , Native Americans , and people belonging to more than one ethnic group were not present in the survey. The median income per household based on Quickfact information from the census was 43,036 US dollars (USD). The calculated median is below that of both the state of Texas (USD 54,700) and that of the United States as a whole (USD 55,300). For people living in poverty , the census showed a percentage of 29.9%, for people without health insurance 41.1%.
Others
The Progreso Independent School District includes school supplies for Progreso, Progreso Lakes and a small part of Weslaco. According to the school ranking site greatschools.org, schools offer two pre-schools , three elementary schools , three middle schools and two high schools .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Population of Progreso, TX . population.us, accessed January 13, 2019
- ↑ Rio Grande Valley . David M. Vigness / Mark Odintz, Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), June 15, 2010; modified: October 5, 2015 (Engl.)
- ^ Hidalgo County . Alicia A. Garza, Texas State Historical Association, June 15, 2010 (Engl.)
- ↑ See interactive display on Google Maps as well as county overview map Hidalgo County of the Texas Almanac (PDF); both accessed on January 14, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Progreso, TX . Frances W. Isbell, Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), June 15, 2010 (Engl.)
- ^ Progreso, Texas . ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2017, American FactFinder, accessed January 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b Progreso city, Texas , brief overview on the website of the United States Census Bureau, accessed January 13, 2019.
- ^ Household Income in Progreso, Texas . Household income overview on statisticalatlas.com, accessed January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Overview of Progreso Independent School District, Texas , statisticalatlas.com, accessed on January 14, 2019 (Engl.)
- ↑ Progreso Intependent School District , greatschools.org, access: January 14, 2019 (Engl.)