Aguilares, Texas

Aguilares, Texas
unincorporated community
Coordinates: 27°31′28″N 99°29′26″W / 27.52444°N 99.49056°W / 27.52444; -99.49056
Established	1870
Elevation	181 m (595 ft)
Population (2000)
• Total	37
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
Zip Code	78369
Area code(s)	+1-361
Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD

Aguilares Mercantile Store 1911

Aguilares is an unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas, United States.

History

Aguilares dates to 1870. It is named for the first settlers and ranchers, José, Locario, Francisco, Próspero, and Librado Aguilar. It became a stop on the Texas-Mexican Railroad in 1881 and was granted a post office nine years later. The population (thought to be a huge exaggeration) was given as 1,500 in 1910 - but four years later it was reportedly a mere 300. The Aguilar family owned a store - one of the two businesses in the community.

Oil was discovered nearby in Oilton and for a short time the town seemed to have a future - but although (or because) it was on a railroad - it lost population to the nearby county seat of Laredo. In the 1930s, the post office was discontinued and in 1939 Aquilares' population was ten.

It rose to twenty-five by 1945, but the 1990 census again reported ten residents.

Notable people

Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, television and film character actor, born in Aguilares.
Gene S. Walker, Sr., South Texas rancher and businessman, lived at his Vaquillas Ranch in Aguilares until his death in January 2015.^[1]

References

↑ Elizabeth M. Pease, "Modern Times bring changes to ranching", Laredo Morning Times, August 24, 2014, Walker Supplement, p. 7D, reprint of a November 2000 article

Aguilares, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2007-05-03.

Municipalities and communities of Webb County, Texas, United States

County seat: Laredo

Cities	El Cenizo Laredo Rio Bravo

CDPs	Aguilares Bonanza Hills Botines Bruni Colorado Acres Four Points Hillside Acres La Coma La Presa Laredo Ranchettes Laredo Ranchettes West Larga Vista Las Haciendas Las Pilas Los Altos Los Arcos Los Centenarios Los Corralitos Los Fresnos Los Huisaches Los Minerales Los Nopalitos Los Veteranos I Los Veteranos II Mirando City Oilton Pueblo East Pueblo Nuevo Ranchitos East Ranchitos Las Lomas Ranchos Penitas West San Carlos I San Carlos II Sunset Acres Tanquecitos South Acres Tanquecitos South Acres II Valle Verde

Other unincorporated communities	Callaghan Dolores Las Tiendas Old Milwaukee East Colonia Old Milwaukee West Colonia Webb

Ghost towns	Darwin Islitas Los Ojuelos Pescadito Santo Tomás

Coordinates: 27°26′55″N 99°05′14″W / 27.44861°N 99.08722°W / 27.44861; -99.08722

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