Longoria Texas Map

About Longoria, Texas

Longoria is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 1839.7 people per km². Longoria is located at 26.3024°N, 98.6425°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78582.

Longoria stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the horizon flattens into an endless, parched prairie. It lies 12.2 miles east-southeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 116°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west-northwest of Sullivan City. The air here holds a dry, heat-thickened clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of distant mesquite and scrub brush, while the light at dusk turns the dusty earth into a bruised, copper glow. Salado Creek winds through the terrain just a mile from the center, its modest flow cutting a thin, verdant ribbon through the brushland that serves as a vital corridor for wildlife. Further out, the landscape softens into the protected scrub of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a hawk or the rustle of dry grasses under a shifting breeze.

Longoria maintains a steady, deliberate pace defined by the cycles of the sun and the demands of the land. The local economy remains anchored in the traditions of the region, where ranching and the maintenance of vast, open tracts dictate the rhythm of the work week. History is felt in the weathered fences and the enduring, bilingual character of the daily discourse, a cultural continuity that has persisted through generations of agricultural labor. While the waters of La Joya Lake sit nine miles distant, the life of the people is tethered more closely to the immediate, sun-drenched scrub that surrounds them. Even the distant, hazy outline of Gongora Hill, twenty-four miles away, serves as a quiet marker in the distance, reminding those in Longoria of the expansive, unyielding scale of the country they call their own.

About This Longoria Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Longoria, Texas. Coordinates: 26.3024, -98.6425. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Longoria includes the ZIP code (78582), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.