Edinburg was first named Chapin for the townsite promoter but was renamed in 1911. It is the Hidalgo County seat and the western gateway to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Edinburg is also the center of a vast vegetable and citrus culture. Industries include food processing, furniture, foundry products, fertilizers, oil and dairy products. It is also the home of the University of Texas-Pan American.
Founded as the Hildalgo County Historical Museum in 1967, exhibits cover the history of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico from prehistoric times up to 1900. All new permanent exhibits have been installed in the $2.5 million New Wing, starting with a sea dinosaur and a 14
Edinburg, TX HistoryHoused in the renovated train depot built in 1927
Edinburg, TX Information CentersRodeo cowboys demonstrate calf roping, bull-riding, and Quarter Horse racing every Saturday evening at rodeo arena 2 miles south of Edinburg via U.S. 281; 0.5 mile west on Wisconsin Rd.;
Edinburg, TX RodeosDrag racing every other Sat. Feb. - Nov. Nine miles north on U.S. 281;
Edinburg, TX Race TracksFamily fun at three-pool swimming facility featuring 125-foot figure-eight water slide, water basketball, sand-pit volleyball, barbecue grills, and picnic tables. Also Fountain Water Park at 22
Edinburg, TX Water ParksHoused in the oldest Polish school in the U.S.; artifacts (many from 19th-century Poland) depicting life of Polish pioneers. ...
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572.6 acres on shores of Falcon Reservoir offer cabins, camping, picnicking, fishing, swimming, trailer sites with electricit...
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Five acres of native and exotic cacti and succulents; among thousands of plants is the largest nursery-grown cactus in Texas,...