Edinburg, Texas Edinburg, Texas City of Edinburg Nickname(s): "Gateway City to the Rio Grande Valley" Location of Edinburg, Texas Location of Edinburg, Texas Edinburg (/ d nb r / ed-in-b rg) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The populace was 81,029 as stated to the 2012 census estimate. Edinburg is part of the Mc - Allen Edinburg Mission and Reynosa Mc - Allen urbane areas.

4.1 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley It is a small-town myth that Edinburg became the governmental center of county of Hidalgo County in a dramatic, eveningtime covert operation in which the county records were removed from the previous county seat.

The initial Hidalgo County Courthouse in the City of Hidalgo was under incessant danger of flooding because of the town's adjacency to the Rio Grande, which sometimes encroached on the building.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 37.4 square miles (97 km2), of which 37.3 square miles (97 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.13%) is water.

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley In December 2012, officials announced the consolidation of the existing University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg and the University of Texas at Brownsville into a county-wide institution. A year later, in December 2013, University of Texas System officials decided to name the new institution the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UTRGV's creation garnered much media consideration because of its expected economic, civil and community care impact on the region.

Edinburg is also the home of the Rio Grande Bible Institute and positioned in the South Texas College District.

Almost all of the town/city is served by the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, comprising four high schools, one alternative secondary school, six middle schools, and 20 elementary schools.

A small portion is served by the Mc - Allen Independent School District, including Memorial High School, Cathey Middle School, and Mc - Allen's Gonzalez Elementary.

In addition, the South Texas Independent School District operates magnet schools that serve Edinburg.

South Texas Business Education & Technology Academy (BETA) is in Edinburg.

Students from Edinburg also have the chance to attend other South Texas ISD schools in Mercedes -South Texas High School for the Medical Professions and The Science Academy of South Texas.

The City of Edinburg operates the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library. Edinburg is home to the Museum of South Texas History, formerly the Hidalgo County Historical Museum.

As Edinburg is the governmental center of county of Hidalgo County, most primary county offices are positioned there including the Criminal District Attorney's Office, the District Courts and County Courts at Law of Hidalgo County, the Community Supervision and Corrections Department, the Hidalgo County Juvenile Probation Department, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Department and the offices of the County Judge, the Tax Assessor/Collector, the County Treasurer, County Auditor and Veterans Services.

Hidalgo County Commissioner's Precinct Four represents Edinburg on the Hidalgo County County Commissioner's Court.

This includes the Thirteenth Court of Appeals, the Texas Attorney General's Child Support Unit, the Texas departments of Health Services, Human Services, Protective and Regulatory Services and Public Safety.

The Texas Youth Commission has a facility near Edinburg.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates two facilities, the Lopez Unit and the Segovia Unit, in Edinburg. The United States Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector Headquarters is at 4400 South Expressway 281, Edinburg, Texas.

The United States Postal Service operates a postal office at 410 S Jackson Road, Edinburg, Texas.

This town/city was the home of the Edinburg Roadrunners, an autonomous league baseball team in the North American League.

In 2013, the City of Edinburg and The Edinburg Economic Development Corporation announced plans for the assembly of an affairs arena in which the NBA Development League Champions, the RGV Vipers, will be the anchor tenants. The team will also have its practice facility at the Edinburg Sports & Wellness Center under construction. The City also opened a six town/city block stretch of green pedestrian walkway space known as the Mc - Intyre Street Project in April 2014 expected to be the beginning of a proposed arts and restaurant precinct extending through the heart of Edinburg. Since 2016, the town/city has been home to the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros soccer club in the United Soccer League. There are two primary commercial airports near Edinburg: Mc - Allen-Miller International Airport (MFE) at Mc - Allen, 20 minutes from Edinburg and Valley International Airport, (HRL) in Harlingen, 40 minutes from Edinburg.

The South Texas International Airport at Edinburg (KEBG) is a enhance use airport owned and directed by the City of Edinburg.

Sullivan City, Texas KTEX-FM South Texas Country 100.3 FM (Country) Kilgore, former lawyer in Edinburg and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas The City of Edinburg Meet the City Council City & Towns Totals: Vintage 2012 - U.S Enumeration Bureau Edinburg 2013 State of the City Address on You - Tube "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

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