Mirando City, Texas

Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States.

The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents.

Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.O.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km2), all land.

Mirando City residents attend: Prior to 1994, Webb CISD served only Bruni and Oilton.

On May 9, 2005 the Texas Education Agency ordered the closure of Mirando City ISD.

The district closed on July 1, 2005, and all students were rezoned to Webb CISD schools.

[25] Webb County operates the Ernesto J. Salinas Memorial Community Center.

[27] Founded by Eduarda "Lala" Rodriguez, who died in 1973, the café is now operated by her granddaughter, Noemi "Mimi" Jackson.

U.S. Post Office in Mirando City, June 2011
St. Agnes Roman Catholic Mission in Mirando City, June 2011
Ernesto J. Salinas Memorial Community Center, June 2011
Historical marker at Lala's Café in Mirando City, February 2014
Webb County map