Pharr, Texas Pharr, Texas City of Pharr Location of Pharr, Texas Location of Pharr, Texas Pharr is a town/city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the town/city population was 70,400.
Pharr is connected by bridge to the Mexican town/city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Pharr is positioned at 26 12 23 N 98 11 7 W (26.206334, -98.185174). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.8 square miles (54 km2), of which 20.8 square miles (54 km2) is territory and 0.05% is water.
Pharr for a number of years was a director of the State National Bank of New Iberia, Louisiana, and was a former president of the Louisiana - Rio Grande Sugar Company and the Louisiana - Rio Grande Canal Company, which at one time owned eight thousand acres (32 km ) and which, in 1910, on this territory assembled the town of Pharr.
In 1987 Pharr took in Las Milpas. In 2006, Pharr received "The All America City" award.
Pharr has a humid subtropical climate, similar to that of the Tampa Bay Area of Florida but with less rain and slightly higher summer maximum temperatures.
The average high in January is 68 F (20 C), and the average low is 47 F (8 C).
The average high is 100 F (40 C); the average low is 80 F (25 C) in August.
The warm season is long, as average high temperatures are above 100 F (40 C) and average low temperatures are above 80 F (25 C) from June through September.
Even with incessant temperatures above 100 F (38 C), occasionally as early as February and as late as the end of October, the highest temperature ever recorded in Pharr is 110 F (43 C), once in 1998 and once in 1999.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Pharr is 13 F (-11 C), on January 12, 1962, which is far lower than would be expected at the same latitude in Florida or on the west coast of North America, due to its locale in the middle of the continent.
As of the census of 2000, there are 46,660 citizens , 12,798 homeholds, and 10,878 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $24,333, and the median income for a family is $25,916.
Pharr City Hall is positioned at 118 S Cage Blvd - Pharr, Texas 78577.
The Pharr International Bridge operates by the City of Pharr. The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Pharr District Office in Pharr. The United States Postal Service operates the Pharr Post Office in Pharr. The majority of Pharr is served by the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District which has five high schools in the city: PSJA North with around 2,700 students and PSJA Southwest Early College High School with approximately 1,750, Thomas Jefferson TSTEM Early College High School, PSJA Sonia M.
Sotomayor Early College High School (new to 2016-17 school year) and Buell Central DAEP.
A small fringe portion of the town/city is a part of the Hidalgo Independent School District.
In addition, inhabitants are allowed to apply to magnet schools directed by the South Texas Independent School District.
University of Rio Grande Valley (approximately 17,000 students as of August 2007) in Edinburg and South Texas College (approximately 20,000 students) in Mc - Allen.
XHFOX (Channel 2, Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico), licensee: Televisa, Fox affiliate) KGBT (Channel 4, Harlingen, Texas, licensee: Barrington Broadcasting, CBS affiliate) KRGV (Channel 5, Weslaco, Texas, licensee: Mobile Video Tapes, Inc., ABC affiliate) 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) KNVO (Channel 48, Mc - Allen, Texas, licensee: Entravision Holdings, LLC.,Univision affiliate) KTIZ (Channel 52, Harlingen, Texas, licensee: Orbitz Broadcasting Corp., ION Television affiliate) KMBH (Channel 60, Harlingen, Texas, licensee: RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
"Pharr International Bridge." "Pharr District Office." "PSJA High School Zones." "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Hidalgo County, TX." "Pharr Library." City of Pharr.
"Ryan Gabrielson, The Monitor, Mc - Allen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News".
Pharr, Tx in Handbook of Texas Online Municipalities and communities of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States Alton Donna Edcouch Edinburg Elsa Granjeno Hidalgo La Joya La Villa Mc - Allen Mercedes Mission Palmhurst Palmview Penitas Pharr Progreso Progreso Lakes San Juan Sullivan City Weslaco Abram Cesar Chavez Citrus City Cuevitas Doffing Doolittle Faysville Hargill Havana Heidelberg Indian Hills La Blanca La Homa Laguna Seca Linn (former San Manuel-Linn) Llano Grande Lopezville Los Ebanos Midway North Midway South Mila Doce Monte Alto Muniz Murillo (former Nurillo) North Alamo Olivarez Palmview South Perezville Relampago San Carlos Scissors South Alamo Villa Verde West Sharyland
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