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History · La Tina Ranch

Half of La Tina Ranch’s homes were built after 1989

Most of La Tina Ranch was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1930 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about La Tina 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 Tina Ranch are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages5 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Tina Ranch’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Gumesindo Galvan ColoniaJuan Gonzales ColoniaLa TinaLeonar B De Villarreal ColoniaVicente Sandoval Colonia

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

The story so far

La Tina Ranch, in brief

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

La Tina Ranch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, La Tina Ranch had a population of 687. Prior to the 2010 census, the community was part of the Arroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch CDP. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. The first population estimates were available in 1976, when the community had 61 dwellings and 319 residents. At that time, the area had no public water supply.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 618 to 687 (+11%).

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.

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On the map

La Tina Ranch on the map, 1930 to 1956

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

La Tina Ranch on the 1930 USGS mapLa Tina Ranch on the 1956 USGS map1930Laguna Atascosa sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to La Tina Ranch

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

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Kris KristoffersonAmerican country singer, songwriter and actor · b. 1936
Bobby MorrowAmerican sprinter · b. 1935
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Bruce SterlingAmerican author, speaker and futurist · b. 1954
Nick StahlAmerican actor · b. 1979
Grace NapolitanoU.S. Representative from California · b. 1936
Freddy FenderAmerican Tejano singer · b. 1937
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Arroyo GardensIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.