McAllen is known as the “City of Palms” for the thousands of palm trees that dot the local lanscape and line many of the city's streets.
McAllen is a gateway community for legal and illegal Mexican immigrants, and official census population estimates probably undercount the actual population by many thousands.
In 2000, from among the top 20 cities in Texas, McAllen ranks 4th in per-capita sales tax collections, 6th in the percent change in population, 12th in retail sales and 15th in population.
McAllen is the retail center of South Texas and Northern Mexico, drawing from a consumer base of over 10 million people.
The McAllen area has also been successful in attracting new call centers employing over 4,200 people due mostly to the fact that the Valley boasts the 7th largest pool of available labor in the country, and it’s bilingual, too.
McAllen is on U.S. Highway 83 about sixteen miles west of Weslaco and thirty-five miles west of Harlingen in southern Hidalgo County.
The population of McAllen was 20,005 in 1950 and 32,728 in 1960.
McAllen was an agricultural, oil, and tourist center in 1970, when the city had a 200-bed hospital and a new air-conditioned high school, the first school in the nation featuring on-site power generated by natural-gas-powered turbines.
In Hidalgo County, McAllen is located west of Harlingen on US 83 and US 281 near the Rio Grande River, the United States/Mexico border and the Gulf of Mexico.
McAllen is part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas metro area.
McAllen celebrates several annual events, including the Candlelight Posada, held in Archer Park in early December, the Fourth of July Fajita Cookoff, the Texas Citrus Fiesta, Springfest!, Borderfest, and the Annual Texas Square Dance Jamboree.
McAllen is a color splashed subtropical garden, centered in the rich history and tradition of the Rio Grande Valley.
McAllen is the retail center of South Texas and Northern Mexico, drawing from a consumer base of over ten million people.
The nights can be wonderful in South Texas and you know what it is that's "big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!" Just a few miles away from the lights of the Valley cities, the clear night sky is a fl and silver tapestry of stars.
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McAllen ISD has been rated a "Recognized" district by the Texas Education Agency based on student performance in reading, writing and math as well as attendance and dropout rates.
The McAllen ISD Board of Trustees was first named Region One School Board of the Year and then named a 1998 Honor School Board of Texas, one of only five in the State.
South Texas Vo-Tech has spent the last twenty years perfecting the concise programs needed by employers and continuously visits with the local constituents to insure that their graduates are educated in the most current software and skills for each desired career path.
McAllen decided to establish a townsite on the rail line eight miles north of the town of Hidalgo, then the county seat of Hidalgo County.
McAllen Mayor F. Freeland greeted Reynosa Mayor Rodriguez in the middle of the bridge.
McAllen City Officials were joined by Texas Governor Rick Perry; Texas Secretary of State, Henry Cuellar; U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa and Robert C. Patrick, regional director of the Federal Transit Administration.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to round up a virtual border posse through webcams.
The slayings of seven people during a home-invasion robbery in Indianapolis last week spotlights a trend in several cities around the nation: This terrifying crime is on the rise, particularly in the West and...
About 20 consumers have come forward saying they purchased puppies from the shop, located at 920 West Houston Avenue in McAllen, after being told by Vazquez and his employees that the animals were in good...
McAllen is in Texas' lush lower Rio Grande Valley, noted for subtropical climate, access to Mexico and tourist facilities catering to thousands of summer and winter visitors.
A 1930s country estate in heart of McAllen is city's World Birding Center location.
This historic Spanish Revival adobe hacienda is surrounded by lush tropical landscaping and native woodland.
Seville Place Apartments are located in an affluent neighborhood, bordering homes that far exceed the average home value for the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas.
McAllen, Texas is located in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley, 8 miles from the Mexican border.
Take a look at the area map we have provided and read more about population and other statistics for McAllen, Texas.
Manrique received his Medical Degree at the Institute Technical de Monterrey followed by an Internship at the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and completed his Residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee.
He is familiar to patients seeking LASIK Eye Surgery in McAllen as he has performed live LASIK Surgery on the Channel 5 News.
Manrique is also know for his commitment to educating other eye surgeons and eye doctors about LASIK in Edinburg and Harlingen as well as throughout the community.