San Juan Townsite

The town of San Juan was established in 1910 with the sale of 406 acres of land to the San Juan Townsite Co., by area entrepreneur John Closner, for whom the town was named. Located on the rail line, San Juan quickly developed a business district along Fifth Street. At this site in 1911, the city's first two-story building was erected. It housed the San Juan State Bank until 1918 and served a variety of business, including the district irrigation office, until its partial demolition more than 60 years later. The only remaining section of the structure houses the city library. (1984)

San Juan Townsite is a historical marker in San Juan, Hidalgo County, dedicated in 1984. 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 26.1910, -98.1584 near San Juan. The nearest cataloged historic site is San Juan Hotel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tom Mayfield, Gelman Stained Glass Museum, and San Antonio and Rio Grande Railway; "Old Flossie".

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5215004545. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.