Cemetery

La Puerta-Dreamland

Starr County · THC Atlas #7427006205

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About this site

La Puerta-Dreamland is a cemetery in Starr County, Texas. It is one of 99 cemeteries documented in Starr County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 137 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 26.3453, -98.7505. The nearest cataloged historic site is Los Velas (cemetery), about 1.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lopez, Los Velas Soldier's, and Olmos.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7427006205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

La Puerta-Dreamland Cemetery lies in southeastern Starr County near the former communities of La Puerta and Dreamland, a few miles east of Rio Grande City. La Puerta, Spanish for "the door," began as the headquarters of the La Puerta ranch, while neighboring Dreamland grew from an irrigated-farm project of the late 1920s that had its own post office by 1944. As the small farming settlements faded and were absorbed into one another, the cemetery remained to serve area families.

Sources: tshaonline.org texasalmanac.com

📍 26.3453, -98.7505 · Starr County

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