Lopeno, Texas
Census-designated place in the United States in Zapata County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Lopeno
Lopeño (pronounced loh-peh-nyo) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Zapata County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lopeño had a population of 70.
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How Lopeno is governed
Lopeno appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Zapata County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Lopeno does have local officials.
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Residents of Lopeno
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 174 in 2010 to 70 in 2020 (−59.8%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 70 |
| 2010 | 174 |
History
The development of the area began c. 1747 when Col. José de Escandón began bringing colonists to establish permanent settlements along Mexico's northern frontier, when parcels of land were granted to the colonists by the Spanish government. In 1767 Ysabel María Sánchez, widow of early settler and rancher Joseph López, was allotted more than 6000 acres. The village of Lopeño, later developed on this land, was named after the López family.
During the early 1800s, part of the López land passed to the ownership of the Ramírez family founders of the nearby village of Falcón. In 1821, Benito Ramírez built a combination home, fort, and chapel that came to be Fort Lopeño. Federal troops briefly occupied the fort during 1856 to ease border disturbances.
A general store, established in the early 1900s by Serafín Benavides, served as the area's only supply point at the time. A post office was established in 1920 and in 1934 oil and gas were drilled in the area.
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