North Alamo Texas Map

About North Alamo, Texas

North Alamo is a locality in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,722. The population density is 1012.7 people per km². North Alamo is located at 26.2173°N, 98.1289°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78516, 78589.

North Alamo stretches across a flat, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the dusty, fertile earth. It lies 2.4 miles north of Alamo, TX (from Alamo, TX: bearing 351°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of McAllen. The air here carries a dry, persistent heat that softens the edges of every silhouette, leaving the land defined by the steady, unyielding light of the southern plains. North of the primary settlement, the terrain remains largely open, broken only by the thin, purposeful lines of irrigation that sustain the local agriculture. To the north, the distant outline of Sunrise Hill provides a faint, steady marker against the shimmering haze of the afternoon, while the nearby San Juan Community Resource Center and Park offers a patch of maintained greenery that serves as a quiet anchor for the surrounding residential life.

North Alamo maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of its fields and the steady flow of the Edinburg East Main Canal, which marks the regional reliance on managed water. The Main Floodway serves as a reminder of the landscape’s hydrological reality, carving a low, persistent path that shapes the movement of local industry and development. Life in North Alamo feels connected to the older, agrarian roots of the region, where the economy remains tied to the soil and the methodical labor of those who work it. Evenings here bring a deep, velvet stillness, and one might spend a weekend morning walking the Schupp Park Trail, watching how the light catches the dry grasses long before the heat of the day fully settles over the flat, expansive grid of the neighborhood.

About This North Alamo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Alamo, Texas. Coordinates: 26.217296, -98.128897. 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 North Alamo includes the ZIP code (78516, 78589), telephone area code (830), county seat of Hidalgo County (Edinburg), and school district assignment (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 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.