Rice Tracts is an

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and

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(CDP) in Cameron County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the southern part of the county, bordered to the north and northeast by Brownsville, to the southeast, south, and southwest by Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, and to the northwest by Palmer. It is south of San Benito and northwest of downtown Brownsville. The

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, a southeast-flowing tributary of the

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, winds through the northern half of the community.

References

Populated places in Cameron County, Texas Census-designated places in Cameron County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas {{CameronCountyTX-geo-stub