Monte Grande, Texas
Unincorporated community
Monte Grande is located in Texas
Monte Grande
Monte Grande
Monte Grande is located in the United States
Monte Grande
Monte Grande
Coordinates: 26°16′7″N 97°31′9″W / 26.26861°N 97.51917°W / 26.26861; -97.51917
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code956
GNIS feature ID1378696[1]

Monte Grande is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 97 in 2000. It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area.

History

Monte Grande existed as a community in the late 1970s. The county highway map of that decade showed one business here. Its population was 97 in 2000.[2]

Geography

Monte Grande is located off of Farm to Market Road 2925, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Harlingen in northern Cameron County.[2]

Education

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

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