Settlement Type: | Former Town |
Official Name: | Nye, Texas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Webb |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1882 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | Zip Code |
Area Code: | +1-956 |
Footnotes: | Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD |
Nye is a former town two miles north of Laredo in southwestern Webb County, Texas, United States. It was named after Thomas C. Nye, a local planter who introduced Bermuda Onions into the community in 1898.
The area was eventually absorbed by the neighboring city of Laredo.