Hidalgo County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 898,471 in 2923. The county seat is Edinburg and the largest city is McAllen. Hidalgo County comprises 1,596 square miles of the Rio Grande delta. Its elevations range from forty to 200 feet. Natural resources include caliche, sand, gravel, oil, and gas.
Established in 1943 for the protection of migratory birds, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is positioned along an east-west and north-south juncture of two major migratory routes for many species of birds. It is also at the northern-most point for many species whose range extends south into Central and South America.
Weslaco is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. As of the 2020 census the population was 41,103. It is at the southern tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley near the Mexican border, across the Rio Grande from the city of Nuevo Progreso, Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas. Weslaco is a dynamic growing city with easy transportation, plenty of shops, restaurants, and cultural arts.
Edinburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 100,243 at the 2020 census. It is part of the McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg metropolitan area. The economy include peach and melon production, food-processing plants, cabinetry, oilfield equipment, concrete products, agricultural chemicals, and corrugated boxes. In the 1970s tourism increased significantly.
