- Best
Brownsville, Texas |
|---|
City |
| City of Brownsville |
 Top to bottom, left to right: Cameron County Courthouse, a statue from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Resaca de la Palma Battlefield, a giraffe from the Gladys Porter Zoo, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park and the McNair House
|
 Flag
|
| Nickname(s): Chess Capital of Texas[1]
|
| Motto(s): "On the Border, By the Sea!"
|
 Location in Texas
|
Location in Texas, United States & North America
Show map of Texas
Brownsville, Texas (the United States)
Show map of the United States
Brownsville, Texas (North America)
Show map of North America
|
| Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′4″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W / 25.93028; -97.48444Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′4″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W / 25.93028; -97.48444
|
| Country |
 United States |
| State |
 Texas |
| County |
 Cameron |
| Founded |
1848 |
| Incorporated |
February 7, 1853 |
| Named for |
Jacob Brown |
| Government
|
|---|
| • Type |
Council-Manager |
| • Mayor |
Juan “Trey” Mendez |
| • City Commission |
John Cowen, Jr (At-Large "A");
Rose M. Z. Gowen (At-Large "B");
Nurith Galonsky Pizana (District 1);
Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa (District 2);
Joel Munguia (District 3);
Ben Neece (District 4) |
| • City Manager |
Noel Bernal |
| Area
[2][3][4][α]
|
|---|
| • City |
84.867 sq mi (219.805 km2) |
| • Land |
81.528 sq mi (211.157 km2) |
| • Water |
3.339 sq mi (8.648 km2) 4% |
| • Metro
|
370.58 sq mi (905.76 km2) |
| Elevation
|
33 ft (10 m) |
| Population
(2010)
|
|---|
| • City |
175,023 (US: 131st) |
| • Estimate (2018)[5][α]
|
183,392 |
| • Urban [β]
|
217,585 (US: 145th) |
| • Urban density |
2,668.8/sq mi (1,030.4/km2) |
| • Metro
|
420,392 (US: 126th) |
| • Metro density |
1,602.2/sq mi (618.6/km2) |
| • CSA
|
444,059 (US: 93rd) |
| Demonym(s) |
Brownsvillian |
| Time zone |
UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) |
UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
78520, 78521, 78522, 78523, 78526 |
| Area code(s) |
956 |
| FIPS code |
48-10768[6]
|
| GNIS feature ID |
1372749[7]
|
| Airport |
Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport KBRO (BRO) |
| Website |
www.cob.us |
α. ^ 1 2 Area, city density, metro population/density and CSA population/density as of the 2017 estimate.[8][9]
β. ^ Urban population/density as of the 2010 Census.[10]
|
|
|
