San Benito, Texas

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San Benito, Texas is a small city in the Rio Grande Valley known for its strong Mexican-American cultural heritage and historic role in South Texas agriculture and rail transport.

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Label Occurrences
San Benito, Texas canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 956 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
citrus production ⓘ
cotton farming ⓘ
vegetable farming ⓘ
foundedBy Sam Robertson ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1346542 ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Resaca de los Fresnos ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Mexican-American culture ⓘ
Tejano culture ⓘ
hasDemographicGroup Mexican Americans ⓘ
hasGovernmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasLocalFestival Charro Days-related celebrations ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Interstate 69E ⓘ
U.S. Route 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicHeritage conjunto music ⓘ
hasNickname Resaca City ⓘ
hasNotableMuseum Conjunto Music Museum ⓘ
Freddy Fender Museum ⓘ
San Benito History Museum ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Freddy Fender ⓘ
hasRailHistoryWith St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−06:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−05:00 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1911 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf none ⓘ
knownFor Mexican-American cultural heritage ⓘ
historic role in rail transport ⓘ
role in South Texas agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn Cameron County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande valley

Texas ⓘ
locatedInCounty Cameron County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Brownsville, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Brownsville

Harlingen, Texas ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Benedict ⓘ
partOf South Texas ⓘ
postalCode 78586 ⓘ
subjectToWeather hurricanes ⓘ
tropical storms ⓘ

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