Miguel Barrera Texas Map

About Miguel Barrera, Texas

Miguel Barrera is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 2998.0 people per km². Miguel Barrera is located at 26.4120°N, 98.9216°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78582.

Miguel Barrera occupies a harsh, sun-bleached expanse where the low-slung horizon of the brush country meets the relentless sky. It lies 5.8 miles east of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 85°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-northwest of Rio Grande City. Dust-colored plains stretch toward the silhouette of Gongora Hill, which rises six miles distant to break the monotony of the flat, arid terrain. A mile away, the Rio Grande carves a sluggish, silt-heavy path through the earth, its banks supporting the dense, tangled vegetation that defines the local biology. The air here carries a dry, metallic sharpness, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long shadows that swallow the cracked ground and the sparse, thorny scrub that clings to the basin of Arroyo los Morenos.

Life in Miguel Barrera remains tethered to the rhythms of the borderlands, where the economy is carved from the necessity of ranching and the slow, deliberate movement of goods across the landscape. The proximity to Garceno Park provides a rare, protected corridor of native flora, offering a brief respite from the sun-scoured fence lines and the industrial hum of the regional transit routes. Seventeen miles away, the waters of Falcon Reservoir stand as the primary anchor for the region’s water supply, a vast, stagnant mirror that sustains the scattered settlements in this thirsty country. Miguel Barrera endures as a place of quiet, dusty resilience, defined by a culture that understands the weight of the sun and the long, silent endurance of the land itself.

About This Miguel Barrera Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Miguel Barrera, Texas. Coordinates: 26.412, -98.9216. 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 Miguel Barrera includes the ZIP code (78582), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (Roma 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.