Mirando City, Texas
Census-designated place in the United States in Webb County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Mirando City
Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 30 miles east of Laredo and 130 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. As of the 2020 census, Mirando City had a population of 222. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500.
The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents. Peyoteros have harvested peyote in Mirando City for over a hundred years.
Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.
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How Mirando City is governed
Mirando City 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 Webb County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Mirando City does have local officials.
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Residents of Mirando City
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Mayor
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Population over time
From 493 in 2000 to 222 in 2020 (−55.0%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 222 |
| 2010 | 375 |
| 2000 | 493 |
History
O. W. Killiam established the community in 1921. Charles A. Ingersoll, known as Bob, was an early wildcatter oilman in Webb County. Ingersoll brought in the first gusher....the kanoka #1 in the Schott pool.
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