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History · La Victoria

Half of La Victoria’s homes were built after 2007

Most of La Victoria was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about La Victoria’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 Victoria are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

La Victoria, in brief

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

La Victoria is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, La Victoria had a population of 176. La Victoria underwent some changes prior to the 2010 census. It gained area, had portions taken to form new CDPs, and lost additional area. Only a small part of 2010 La Victoria CDP was within the 2000 La Victoria CDP.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 171 to 176 (+3%).

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

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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 Victoria on the map, 1956 to 2002

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

La Victoria on the 1956 USGS mapLa Victoria on the 1965 USGS mapLa Victoria on the 2002 USGS map1956Garcias 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 Victoria.

People over time

La Victoria, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,80020002020Peak: 1,683

Between 171 and 1,683 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on La Victoria’s Wikipedia page.

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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 U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.