Assisted Living in Weslaco, TX

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Facts about Weslaco

Weslaco is also known as: Hidalgo County / Weslaco city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: DJ Wrekk (record producer and disc jockey).

And featured attractions of Weslaco: Weslaco High School, South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, Advanced Barber College and Hair Design, and Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies.

Weslaco is represented by City Manager Gregory P. Kerrand City Council Gerardo "Jerry" Tafolla.

Weslaco is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 35,670 at the 2010 United States Census. Weslaco derives its name from the W.E. Stewart Land Company. It was the hometown of Harlon Block, one of the Marines photographed raising the flag at Iwo Jima, and of film and television actor David Spielberg.Streets north of the railroad tracks have Spanish names, and streets south of the railroad tracks bear names in English as a consequence of a 1921 municipal ordinance which declared that land north of the tracks be reserved for Hispanic residences and businesses, and land south of the tracks be reserved for Anglo residences and businesses. During World War II, sandbag production reached a peak in Weslaco, and the town declared itself the "sandbagging capital of the world."Weslaco is part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and Reynosa-McAllen metropolitan areas.

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