Aguilares, Texas

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Aguilares is an unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population in 2000 was 37.

Dating from the 1870, it was named after first settlers and ranchers José, Locario, Francisco, Próspero, and Librado Aguilar. It became a stop on the Texas-Mexican railroad in 1881 and was granted a post office nine years later. The population (thought to be a huge exaggeration) was given as 1,500 in 1910 - but four years later it was reportedly a mere 300. The Aguilar family owned a store - one of the town's two businesses.

See the TSHA Handbook of Texas Online for more historical information:
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hna12
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Coordinates:   27°26'59"N   99°5'27"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago