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Uvalde may refer to: Places *Uvalde County, Texas, United States **Uvalde, Texas **Uvalde Estates, Texas **Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District *Uvalda, Georgia, United States Other uses *Juan de Uvalde (1729–1816), Spanish general and governor of Coahuila, Mexico, New Spain *USS Uvalde (AKA-88), USS ''Uvalde'' (AKA-88), an American ''Andromeda''-class attack cargo ship *Robb Elementary School shooting, 2022 attack in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. See also * *Ugalde, Basque surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalde County, Texas
Uvalde County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 24,564. Its county seat is Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde. The county was created in 1850 and organized in 1856. It is named for Juan de Ugalde, the Spain, Spanish governor of Coahuila. Uvalde County was founded by Reading Wood Black, who also founded the city of Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde, Texas. Uvalde County comprises the Uvalde, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Native Americans Artifact (archaeology), Artifacts establish human habitation dating back to 7000 B.C. Evidence of a permanent Native Americans in the United States, Indian village on the Leona River at a place south of the Fort Inge site is indicated in the written accounts of Fernando del Bosque's exploration in 1675. Comanche, Tonkawa, Seminole and Lipan Apache people, Lipan Apache continued hunting and raiding settlers into the 19th century. Texas State Historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalde, Texas
Uvalde is a city and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census. Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, west of downtown San Antonio and east of the Mexico–United States border. Name Uvalde was founded in 1853 as the town of ''Encina'', but was renamed in 1856 as ''Uvalde''. Its name is a misspelling of the Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde (Cádiz, Andalusia, 1729–1816). Pronunciations of the name of the town vary. One common pronunciation is the fully Anglicized version ( ). A fully Spanish version is also in common use, which is often approximated by English speakers as . There are also pronunciations that combine the English and Spanish versions. The chosen pronunciation often shows how strong a person's connection with the Hispanic community is or general knowledge of its pronunciation. History Uvalde was founded by Reading Wood Black in 1853 as the town of Encina. In 1856, when the county was organize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalde Estates, Texas
Uvalde Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,171 at the 2010 census. Geography Uvalde Estates is located at (29.157394, -99.837295). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.28%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,972 people, 530 households, and 463 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 143.8 people per square mile (55.5/km2). There were 627 housing units at an average density of 45.7/sq mi (17.7/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.33% White, 0.10% African American, 1.17% Native American, 30.43% from other races, and 1.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 88.03% of the population. There were 530 households, out of which 56.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) is a public school district based in Uvalde, Texas, US. Located in Uvalde County, the district extends into portions of Zavala and Real counties. In addition to Uvalde, the district serves the communities of Batesville in Zavala County, and Uvalde Estates in Uvalde County. The total land area of the district is . In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. The district superintendent is Dr. Hal Harrell. History In 1949, the Batesville Independent School District began sending its students to Uvalde High School. In 1970, students held a strike and filed a lawsuit against the district's board of trustees, accusing the group of not responding to complaints filed by parents, who requested Spanish-language medium communications and giving appropriate accommodations to English as a second language learners instead of classifying them as having deficiencies in their intel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalda, Georgia
Uvalda is a city in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 598 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The community derives its name from Juan de Ugalde, a Texas pioneer. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Uvalda as a town in 1910. Geography Uvalda is located at (32.037903, -82.508789). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 530 people, 201 households, and 147 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 252 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 60.19% White, 38.49% African American, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.51% of the population. There were 201 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Uvalde
Juan de Ugalde (December 9, 1729 – 1816), later referred to erroneously as Juan de Uvalde by American settlers, was the Governor of Coahuila, now in Mexico. He was also a commanding general of Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Nuevo Santander. He led several military campaigns against Apache tribes in Texas. Ugalde was born in Cádiz, Spain. In 1787, he was promoted to commanding general of Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Nuevo Santander. In 1790, he successfully led Spanish soldiers against Apache forces at Arroyo de la Soledad, which was renamed in his honor as Cañon de Ugalde. In the mid-19th century, American settlers altered it to Uvalde, which is now the name of the city there. After the Spanish government ordered him back to Spain, Ugalde continued in the service and was promoted to field marshal in 1797. In 1810, he was promoted to lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Uvalde (AKA-88)
USS ''Uvalde'' (AKA-88) was an in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1957 and from 1961 to 1968. She was scrapped in 1969. History ''Uvalde'' (AKA-88) (formerly projected as the merchant freighter ''Wild Pigeon'') was named after Uvalde County, Texas, the home of former Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner. She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1188) on 27 March 1944 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; launched on 20 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Kean; and commissioned on 18 August 1944. World War II, 1944–1945 After fitting out at Oakland, ''Uvalde'' ran her trials before departing San Francisco Bay on 29 August, bound for San Pedro, California She conducted extensive shakedown training out of that port before she shifted to San Diego, there to train in amphibious warfare from 15 through 30 September in company with the attack transport . In yard hands at Terminal Island, California, for post-sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robb Elementary School Shooting
On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a former student at the school, fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen others. Earlier that day, he shot his grandmother in the face at home, severely wounding her. He fired shots for approximately five minutes outside the school, before entering unobstructed with an AR-15 style rifle through an unlocked side entrance door. He then shut himself inside two adjoining classrooms, without locking the classroom door, killed the victims, and remained in the school for more than an hour before members of the United States Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) fatally shot him after they bypassed numerous local and state officers who had been in the school's hallways for over an hour. The shooting is the third- deadliest school shooting in the United States, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Eleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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