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Formed from Starr and Cameron counties. Created January 24, 1842. Organized April 7, 1854. Named in Honor of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla -- 1753-1811 Mexican Patriot County Seat, 1852, Edinburgh, name changed February 7, 1861, to Hidalgo. Moved to present site, then called Chapin, October 12, 1908. Name changed to Edinburg, February 3, 1911.
Hidalgo County is a historical marker in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 138 historical markers documented in Hidalgo County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 236 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 26.3022, -98.1624 near Edinburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include W. L. Lipscomb, Museum of South Texas History, and El Sal Del Rey, C. S. A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5215002468. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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