Banquete, Texas

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Banquete is an unincorporated community in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was estimated to be 726 in 2010.

The community is located at the intersection of State Highway 44 and FM 666, 23 miles west of Corpus Christi. It was named for a four-day feast commemorating the completion of a road linking the Nueces River with the Rio Grande and San Patricio, Texas, with Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The community's post office was established in 1859.

See the TSHA Handbook of Texas Online for more historical information:
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlb06
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Coordinates:   27°48'22"N   97°47'45"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago