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La Penusca, Texas

Coordinates: 26°4′40″N 97°29′40″W / 26.07778°N 97.49444°W / 26.07778; -97.49444
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La Penusca, Texas
La Penusca is located in Texas
La Penusca
La Penusca
La Penusca is located in the United States
La Penusca
La Penusca
Coordinates: 26°4′40″N 97°29′40″W / 26.07778°N 97.49444°W / 26.07778; -97.49444
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
Elevation
30 ft (9 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code956
GNIS feature ID1374422[1]

La Penusca is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States.[1] It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area.

History

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La Penusca consisted of a few scattered farms in the late 1940s and had 27 homes in 1983. There were no population estimates in 2000.[2]

Geography

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La Penusca is located on the shore of the Resaca de los Cuates, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Los Fresnos in central Cameron County.[2]

Education

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Today, the community is served by the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District. Children in the community attend Los Fresnos Elementary School, Liberty Memorial Middle School, and Los Fresnos High School.

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