Official Name: | Las Yescas, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Las Yescas |
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: | 16 |
Coordinates: | 26.2228°N -97.5058°W |
Area Code: | 956 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1339690 |
Las Yescas is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 221 in 2000. It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area.
Las Yescas is located near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 803 and Farm to Market Road 106, 5miles east of Rio Hondo in northeastern Cameron County.
Las Yescas had its own school in 1948. Today, the community is served by the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District. Children in the community attend Las Yescas Elementary School, Liberty Memorial Middle School, and Los Fresnos High School.