Official Name: | Webb, 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: | 1881 |
Population As Of: | 1990 |
Population Total: | 40 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 27.7925°N -99.4228°W |
Elevation Ft: | 630 |
Postal Code Type: | Zip Code |
Area Code: | +1-956 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1379247 |
Footnotes: | Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD |
Webb is a rural unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas, United States, located 20 miles north of Laredo. According to the 1990 census, it had a population of 40.
Webb was established as a railroad stop on the International-Great Northern Railroad in 1881. The town was named in honor of the county in which it was founded. A Webb post office, established in 1909, was still in operation in 1980. According to a local count in 1914 Webb, Texas had a population of 100, but its population declined to 25 by 1936.