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History · Mirando City

Mirando City dates to 1881, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

1881founded
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Mirando City began

When was Mirando City founded?

1881

Mirando City dates its founding to 1881 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 493 in 20002020 census: 222145 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1922.The full story ↓

What stands out about Mirando City’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 Mirando City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Mirando City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mirando City.

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O. W. Killiam established the community in 1921. Charles A. Ingersoll, known as Bob, was an early wildcatter oilman in Webb County. Ingersoll brought in the first gusher....the kanoka #1 in the Schott pool.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Mirando City, 1881 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881
    FoundingMirando City is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Post officeThe Mirando City post office opens
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mirando City, decade by decade

Today6 recent
St. Agnes Mission, Mirando City, TX IMG 34252011St. Agnes Mission, Mirando City, TX IMG 3425Post Office in Mirando City, TX IMG 34202011Post Office in Mirando City, TX IMG 3420O.W. Killam historical marker, Mirando City, TX IMG 34222011O.W. Killam historical marker, Mirando City, TX IMG 3…Mirando City, TX, water tower IMG 34232011Mirando City, TX, water tower IMG 3423Ernesto J. Salinas Memorial Community Center, Mirando City, TX IMG 34292011Ernesto J. Salinas Memorial Community Center, Mirando…TXMap-doton-MirandoCity2004TXMap-doton-MirandoCity
On the map

Mirando City on the map in 1956

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mirando City.

Mirando City on the 1956 USGS map1956Laredo sheet · 1:250,000

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

People over time

Mirando City, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 493

Between 222 and 493 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Mirando City

Nobody well known was born in Mirando City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Pedro González GonzálezAmerican actor · b. 1925
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Jose Gonzales-GonzalesAmerican actor · b. 1922
Places that used to be

Old corners

Mirando City’s post office has been open since 1922.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Mirando City Addition Colonia

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mirando City’s history

What year was Mirando City founded?

In 1881, according to Wikidata. Mirando City’s post office opened in 1922, and the census of 2000 counted 493 people here.

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.