Harlingen, Texas For other places with the same name, see Harlingen .
Harlingen, Texas City of Harlingen The Harlingen Cold Storage Plant building in September 2012.
The Harlingen Cold Storage Plant building in September 2012.
Flag of Harlingen, Texas Flag Official seal of Harlingen, Texas Official logo of Harlingen, Texas Harlingen (/ h rl nd n/ har-lin-jin) is a town/city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The town/city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km2) and is the second biggest city in Cameron County, as well as the fourth biggest in the Rio Grande Valley.
Harlingen is a principal town/city of the Brownsville Harlingen urbane area, which is part of the larger Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville combined statistical area, encompassed in the Matamoros Brownsville urbane area.
Harlingen's Jackson Street in the late 1950s.
Harlingen's strategic locale at the intersection of U.S.
He titled the town he established on the north bank after the Frisian town/city of Harlingen, the Netherlands.
The first school opened with fifteen pupils in 1905 near the Hill home, the first residence assembled in Harlingen.
Harlingen incorporated on April 15, 1910, when the populace totaled 1,126.
World War II military installations in Harlingen caused a jump in populace from 23,000 in 1950 to 41,000 by 1960.
Harlingen Army Air Field preceded Harlingen Air Force Base, which closed in 1962.
The City of Harlingen operates a busy industrialized airpark where bombers used to land.
The first hospital in Harlingen opened in 1923 and consisted of little more than two barracks as wings.
The Valley Baptist Hospital has grown into the Valley Baptist Medical Center.
The city's outstanding network of community care specialists and facilities alongsides the expansion of the still-expanding center.
Also serving county-wide community needs are the South Texas State Chest Hospital, the State Hospital for Children, and the Rio Grande State Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center.
Besides enhance and church-affiliated schools, Harlingen students attend the University Preparatory School, the Marine Military Academy, Texas State Technical College, or Rio Grande Vocational and Rehabilitation Classes.
Civic and cultural evolution in Harlingen has kept pace with the expansion of the community.
Fraternal orders and civic organizations operating in the improve include Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist, 20-30, VFW, American Legion, and the Lower Valley Cotillion Club; a woman's building is maintained as a center for the activities of the many woman's clubs active in the city.
Development and appreciation of the fine arts are encouraged by organizations such as the Rio Grande Valley Art League, the Art Forum, and the Rio Grande Valley Civic Association, which stages its winter concert series at the 2,300-seat Harlingen Municipal Auditorium.
Each March Harlingen is the site of the Rio Grande Valley International Music Festival.
The town/city has two newspapers the Harlingen Press, a weekly paper established in 1951, and the Valley Morning Star, a daily established in 1911.
In 1992 the town/city was titled an All-America City, cited especially for its volunteer spirit and self-help programs.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 40.3 square miles (104.4 km2), of which 39.8 square miles (103.1 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), or 1.22%, is water. Soils in Harlingen range in texture from fine sandy loam to clay.
Climate data for Harlingen, Texas As in other metros/cities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, a momentous part of Harlingen's transient populace and a momentous contributor to its economy consists of "Winter Texans", generally retirees from the northern Midwestern states and Canada who come to escape the northern winter weather between roughly November and March.
Harlingen was the home of the Rio Grande Valley White - Wings, a United Baseball League Minor league baseball team.
The World Birding Center has a locale in Harlingen's Hugh Ramsey Nature Park.
Harlingen is governed by a Mayor propel at-large and a 5 Member City Commission representing 5 individual Single-Member District.
The City Commission meets on the First and Third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 pm at City Hall. The Harlingen Police Department, led by Interim Chief of Police Stephen Scot Mayer, embraces the improve policing philosophy.
The Department attributes these successes to its DDACTS implementation and the unwavering cooperation of the people of Harlingen.
The Harlingen Police Department is a civil service department with 134 police officers.
The chief objective of these men and women is defined by the department's Mission Statement: ' to furnish services with integrity and dedication, to preserve life, to enforce the law, and to work in partnership with the improve to movement the character of life in the City of Harlingen.
The personnel are assigned to various divisions for duties, and through teamwork, cover more than 40.31 square miles of City limits, incorporating more than 308.88 miles of paved roadways using 98 police vehicles (marked and unmarked) and serving and protecting a residentiary populace of over 65,000 people.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Harlingen Parole Office in Harlingen. The United States Postal Service operates two postal services in Harlingen, including the Harlingen Post Office and the Downtown Harlingen postal service. Harlingen is home to the U.S.
The United States Border Patrol Harlingen Station is positioned at 3902 S.
Expressway 77 Harlingen, Texas.
The Harlingen Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) is positioned at 1300 W Teege Ave, Harlingen, Texas.
Navy Reserve's Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Harlingen and the U.S.
A Military Retiree Activities Office is also at the Harlingen AFRC.
The entrance to the Harlingen branch of the Texas State Technical College in 2008.
The town/city is veiled by the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District and South Texas Independent School District.
Harlingen is home to four high schools - Early College High School, Harlingen High School Harlingen High School South and Harlingen School of Health Professions.
It is one of the several Catholic school in the town/city of Harlingen with a current enrollment of 220 students.
The Marine Military Academy, a nationally recognized, private, all male college preliminary school is positioned in Harlingen.
The town/city has a branch of the Texas State Technical College, a two-year technical school and access to University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College in close-by Brownsville, South Texas College in Mc - Allen, and University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg.
In 2002, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio opened the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) in Harlingen.
Third and fourth-year medical students from the San Antonio ground can complete their clinical rotations in the Rio Grande Valley based at the RAHC.
Southern Careers Institute has a ground located in Harlingen too.
The Harlingen Public Library serves small-town residents.
Harlingen Medical Center is a nationally recognized general acute care hospital.
Valley Baptist Medical Center (VBMC), with 586 beds, is positioned at Ed Carey Drive and Pease Street in Harlingen.
With a 38-room Emergency Department and a heliport, Valley Baptist serves as the lead trauma center in the region - and is the only hospital in the region offering elected stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures. Valley Baptist has the only Newborn Intensive Care Unit in Harlingen; the only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cameron County; private Labor/Delivery/Recovery Suites; a family-centered maternity care unit; women's surgery suites; Day Surgery; and outpatient services.
In addition, Valley Baptist has a diabetes education program, as well as a wound care center and Foot Care Institute; and a Surgical and Medical Weight Loss Program.
Harlingen's third hospital, Solara Hospital is a long-term acute care facility where patients can receive treatment for as long as a month, compared to general hospitals where patients are treated for shorter periods.
The Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) is a teaching hospital that serves as an extension ground of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Provides emergency medical and critical patient transport helicopter service inside 150 miles (240 km) of its Harlingen base and fixed-wing service throughout North America.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA Health Care Center (HCC) at Harlingen is positioned at 2601 Veterans Drive Harlingen, TX.
This is the chief Veterans Administration Medical facility under the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System for veterans in the Rio Grande Valley area.
The VA also offers Laboratory, Mental Health, Nutrition, Optometry, Social Work and other major care services for Harlingen Veterans at The Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic positioned at 2106 Treasure Hills Blvd Harlingen, TX. Veterans organizations and propel officials are still lobbying for a full VA Medical Center in Harlingen to serve veterans in the Rio Grande Valley area.
The Harlingen Ambulatory Surgery and Specialty Outpatient Center opened in January 2011 and provides care to veterans. Orthopedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, Otolaryngology (ENT), Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Amputee/Prosthetics Clinic and Endoscopy services are offered. The Rio Grande State Center is the only enhance provider in the Rio Grande Valley of healthcare, inpatient mental community services and long term services for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
The city's airport, Valley International Airport, has a service region that encompasses the lower Rio Grande Valley and northern Mexico, serving more than two million citizens on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
Valley International Airport lies in the northeastern portion of Harlingen and offers a border-crossing option via the Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios.
The airport has aligned itself as the Air Cargo Hub of the Rio Grande Valley and works closely with carriers such as DHL, Fed - Ex, BAX Global, Continental Express Cargo, and Southwest Airlines Cargo.
In 1975, Southwest Airlines began to fly to the Rio Grande Valley via Valley International Airport with four roundtrips each company day.
Southwest presently offers non-stop flights between Harlingen and Austin and Houston-Hobby.
The town/city of Harlingen is at the confluence of U.S.
Interstate 69 - E runs through north-south through Harlingen while the town/city serves as the easterly end of Interstate 2.
The Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios is a state-of-the-art global bridge positioned just 10 miles (16 km) south of Harlingen.
Customs inspection facility that accommodates up to 75 trucks simultaneously, the Free Trade Bridge is acclaimed as the most time-efficient border crossing in the Rio Grande Valley.
The Free Trade Bridge accesses a four-lane highway in northern Mexico, offering a fast route to the border metros/cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, as well as the industrialized city of Monterrey.
The Port of Harlingen is positioned four miles (6 km) east of Harlingen on Highway 106.
The Harlingen Channel is maintained to a width of 125 feet (38 m) and a depth of 12 feet (3.7 m) and is supplied by the Arroyo Colorado, a fresh water river.
Union Pacific Railroad has a small-town terminal and switching yard in Harlingen.
The Harlingen Industrial Parks and Port of Harlingen have direct rail access.
The Southern Pacific depot has been razed, however, it was one of four SP depots in the Rio Grande valley (the the rest are Brownsville, now a exhibition; Mc - Allen, now a law office; and Edinburg, now the home of the Chamber of Commerce.) Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum Harlingen Performing Arts Theater KGBT-TV (Channel 4, Harlingen, Texas, licensee: Barrington Broadcasting, CBS affiliate) KHGN-TV (Cable Channel 17, Harlingen, Texas, operator: Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Public Relations Office.) KVEO (Channel 23, Brownsville, Texas, licensee: Comcorp of Texas License Corp., NBC affiliate) KTLM (Channel 40, Rio Grande City, Texas, licensee: Sunbelt Media Co., Telemundo affiliate) KMBH (Channel 60, Harlingen, Texas, licensee: RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
These citizens were born or lived in Harlingen: Louise Alley, American radio personality at KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, lived in Harlingen in the 1950s Frank Page, American radio personality at KWKH in Shreveport, educated in Harlingen a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Harlingen city, Texas".
Harlingen Medical Center City of Harlingen official website Harlingen Economic Development Corporation Harlingen and Rio Grande Valley Guide Harlingen, Tx in Handbook of Texas Online City of Harlingen at the Wayback Machine (archived February 2, 2001) City of Harlingen at the Wayback Machine (archived March 4, 2000) Harlingen at Top - Hour Municipalities and communities of Cameron County, Texas, United States
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