The name of this municipality is in honor of Úrsulo Galván Reyes [es], an early 20th-century agrarian activist and revolutionary.

The municipality of Úrsulo Galván is bordered to the north by Actopan, to the east by Gulf of Mexico and to the south by Puente Nacional.

[1] The weather in Úrsulo Galván is hot and wet all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Gilberto Ortiz Parra, precandidate for mayor (MORENA) and two police officers died on February 11, 2021, after being shot.

[2] It produces principally maize, beans, watermelon, sugarcane, rice and green chile.