Cavazos, Texas
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Cavazos is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Cameron County,
Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had a population of 201 in 2000. It is located within the
Rio Grande Valley Lower Rio Grande Valley (), often referred to as the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of South Texas, is a region located in the southernmost part of Texas, along the northern bank of the Rio Grande. It is also known locally as the Valley or the 956 (the ...
and the
Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area Cameron County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421,017. Its county seat is Brownsville. The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier durin ...
.


Education

Cavazos had its own school in 1936. Today, the community is served by the
San Benito Consolidated Independent School District San Benito Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in San Benito, Texas, United States. It was formed on April 26, 1952, via the merger of the San Benito Independent School District and the Rangerville Indepen ...
. Children in the community attend La Encantada Elementary School, San Benito Riverside Middle School, and San Benito High School.


References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Cameron County, Texas