Mirando City, Texas
Mirando City, Texas | |
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Mirando City water tower, June 2011 | |
| Coordinates: 27°26′26″N 98°59′57″W / 27.44056°N 98.99917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Webb |
| Established | 1881 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Land | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 222 |
| • Density | 740/sq mi (290/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| Zip Code | 78369 |
| Area code | +1 - 361 |
| FIPS code | 48-48756 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1341732 |
| Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD | |
Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 30 miles east of Laredo and 130 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500.
The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents. Peyoteros have harvested peyote in Mirando City for over a hundred years.
Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.