Ganado (/ɡəˈneɪdoʊ/ gə-NAY-doh) is a city in Jackson County, Texas, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,975 people, 723 households, and 459 families residing in the city.

Most settlers lived near Mustang Creek and traveled to Texana, Victoria and Indianola for supplies.

Cattle ranching was the primary economic engine and herds were driven to Louisiana for sale and later to Kansas City.

As the story goes, a railroad official looked out the window of a train car and saw a large herd of cattle.

After McFarland died, Thomas Babcock-who was also the town's first postmaster, bought the remaining stock and continued a store in the building.

By 1914 the town was thriving with a rice mill and storage facilities, 750 citizens, a school district and a weekly newspaper.

By 1937, Main Street was paved, concrete sidewalks were added and water lines were installed.

The Little School of the 400 was created in 1957 to meet the educational needs of Spanish-speaking children in Texas who were being discriminated against for their lack of knowledge of the English language.

[9] Under the leadership of Felix Tijerina, LULAC Council 60, of Houston, Texas, chose Ganado to be its first community to pilot the program.

This bond would be separated into two parts: $44,000 for a new city hall and $16,000 for new fire truck and equipment.