John Closner (1853–1932) was an early Hidalgo County, Texas developer, rancher, and Democratic Party boss of South Texas.
[1] John Closner was born on March 24, 1853, in New Glarus, Wisconsin the son of Swiss parents John and Elizabeth (Blumer) Closner.
Closner is credited for pioneering farming and irrigation in Hidalgo County.
[2] Closner died on June 3, 1932, in Brownsville, Texas, the city to which he moved in 1923 with his family to retire.
Today, a major boulevard in Edinburg, Texas bears his last name.