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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hidalgo County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat is Edinburg and the largest city is McAllen. The county is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain. It is located in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Hidalgo County was 870,781, making it the eighth-most populous county in Texas.
Hidalgo County is designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan statistical area, which itself is part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission-Rio Grande City, Texas combined statistical area with neighboring Starr County.
With a population that is 91.9% Hispanic as of 2020, it is Texas' second-most populous majority-Hispanic county and the fifth-largest nationwide. It is also the largest county which is over 90% Hispanic.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1930 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 1,192
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| 1870 | 2,387
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| 1880 | 4,347
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| 1890 | 6,534
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| 1900 | 6,837
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| 1910 | 13,728
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| 1920 | 38,110
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| 1930 | 77,004
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| 1940 | 106,059
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| 1950 | 160,446
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| 1960 | 180,904
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| 1970 | 181,535
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| 1980 | 283,229
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| 1990 | 383,545
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
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