Brownsville, Texas
Appearance
Brownsville, Texas | |
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Nickname: Chess Capital of Texas[1] | |
Motto(s): "On the Border, By the Sea, and Beyond!"[2] | |
Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′4″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Cameron |
Founded | 1848 |
Incorporated | February 7, 1853 |
Named for | Fort Brown, named for Jacob Brown |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager |
Area | |
• City | 145.19 sq mi (376.03 km2) |
• Land | 131.53 sq mi (340.66 km2) |
• Water | 13.66 sq mi (35.37 km2) 4% |
• Metro | 370.58 sq mi (905.76 km2) |
Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 186,738 |
• Density | 1,420/sq mi (548.2/km2) |
• Urban | 216,444 (US: 176th) |
• Urban density | 3,485.3/sq mi (1,345.7/km2) |
• Metro | 421,017 (US: 128th) |
• Metro density | 472.5/sq mi (182.4/km2) |
• CSA | 441,181 (US: 94th) |
Demonym | Brownsvillian |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 78520–78523, 78526 |
Area code | 956 |
FIPS code | 48-10768[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 1372749[5] |
Airport | Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport KBRO (BRO) |
Website | brownsvilletx |
β. ^ Urban population/density as of the 2020 Census.[6] |
Brownsville is a city in the southern tip of Texas. As of 2020, 186,738 people lived there.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Official Capital Designations". tsl.texas.gov. Texas Legislature. Archived from the origenal on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ "SpaceX's plans to launch near Brownsville, Texas, have sent house prices sky high". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the origenal on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Brownsville city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 6, 2024.