Rio Segundo straddles National Route 9 and a main train line that runs from Córdoba to Buenos Aires.

Argentina has a wide variety of staple foods, which include empanadas, a stuffed pastry; locro, a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd; and chorizo, a spicy sausage.

Other popular items include facturas (Viennese-style pastry), Dulce de Leche and mate, Argentina's national beverage.

Prior to 1870, when the first bridge was built, people who wished to cross the river had to tread the waters with their carriages and handcarts with hopes that the unpredictable depths and currents wouldn't wash them away.

The newly built railroad running from Buenos Aires to Córdoba passed directly through Río Segundo and brought even more growth to the area.

It wasn't until 1916 that the first road going from Córdoba to Rio Segundo finally passed through to Villa Maria and on to Buenos Aires with the construction of a new bridge for automobiles.