La Penusca 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,

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, United States. It is located within the

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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 ...

History

La Penusca consisted of a few scattered farms in the late 1940s and had 27 homes in 1983. There were no population estimates in 2000.

Geography

La Penusca is located on the shore of the

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, west of Los Fresnos in central Cameron County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the

Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Los Fresnos, Texas ( USA). In addition to Los Fresnos, the district serves the towns of Bayview and Indian Lake as well as the communities of Arroyo ...

. Children in the community attend Los Fresnos Elementary School, Liberty Memorial Middle School, and

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References

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