Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to La Moca Ranch

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · La Moca Ranch

The history of La Moca Ranch

Below: maps from 1956 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about La Moca Ranch’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of La Moca Ranch are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start La Moca Ranch’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Moca Ranch’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

La Moca Ranch, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of La Moca Ranch yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

La Moca Ranch is a colonia and census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, La Moca Ranch had a population of 25. It is in the northern part of the county, along U.S. Route 83, and bordered to the east by Los Huisaches. US-83 leads south 30 miles (48 km) to Laredo and north-northwest 53 miles (85 km) to Carrizo Springs.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

La Moca Ranch on the map, 1956 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of La Moca Ranch. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

La Moca Ranch on the 1956 USGS mapLa Moca Ranch on the 1965 USGS mapLa Moca Ranch on the 1985 USGS map1956Las Tiendas sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of La Moca Ranch.

Famous people

Famous people close to La Moca Ranch

Nobody well known was born in La Moca Ranch itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Tony DaltonAmerican and Mexican actor · b. 1975
T
Tom DeLayAmerican Republican politician · b. 1947
Federico PeñaU.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1993-1997 · b. 1947
Alfonso Gomez-RejonAmerican film and television director · b. 1972
Roxanne PerezAmerican professional wrestler · b. 2001
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
La Moca Ranch Colonia

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Los HuisachesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about La Moca Ranch’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.