Villa Nueva, Texas
Villa Nueva, Texas | |
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| Area code | 956 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1376592[1] |
Villa Nueva is an
Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area
.
History
A cemetery and several scattered houses were the only signs of human habitation in Villa Nueva in the early 1930s. A church was erected in 1956. There were 63 houses in 1983, then 20 more homes were built three years later. Its population was 374 that year, then grew to 402 in 2000. The community was served by the Military Highway Water Supply Corporation.[2]
Geography
Villa Nueva is located at the intersection of
Farm to Market Road 3248, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Brownsville in extreme southern Cameron County.[2]
Education
Today, the community is served by the Brownsville Independent School District. Children in the community attend Villa Nueva Elementary School, Stillman Middle School, and Veterans Memorial Early College High School.
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