La Penusca, Texas Explained

Official Name:La Penusca, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:La Penusca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cameron
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:30
Coordinates:26.0778°N -97.4944°W
Area Code:956
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1374422

La Penusca is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area.

History

La Penusca consisted of a few scattered farms in the late 1940s and had 27 homes in 1983. There were no population estimates in 2000.

Geography

La Penusca is located on the shore of the Resaca de los Cuates, 1miles west of Los Fresnos in central Cameron County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District. Children in the community attend Los Fresnos Elementary School, Liberty Memorial Middle School, and Los Fresnos High School.