About the area |
In the hands and vision of Edward Burleson Raymond, this community was born during the first decade of the 20th century. Home of more than 9700 inhabitants, this municipality county seat of Willacy County is known as the "Gateway to the Rio Grande Valley." This city has a total area of more than 3.5 square miles of extension framed by Los Angeles Subdivision, Ranchettes Estates, Bausell and Ellis, Lyford, La Sara, Lyford South, Lasara, and Zapata Ranch. |