Escobares, Texas – City Guide

The halls of the former Jimmy Carter High School building were fuller Monday than it had been in previous years.

Voluntary evacuations are underway in Escobares. Several roads in the town have been closed due to flooding.

The town of Escobares is located in South Texas and is considered a Border Town. The town name probably came from a colloquial Spanish term that refers to fields of broomcorn. This mostly Spanish speaking town had around 2000 residents back in 2000 Census. Escobares is between the Rio Grande River and US 83 highway a mile east of Roma-Los Saenz. It is located in Starr County. Escbares sits between towns Roma and Garceño and is very close to the US / Mexico border. Escobares is served by the Roma Independent School District and by the Roma mail system.

Escobares was original given to a colonist by the name of José de Escandón, under the Spanish land grants in the Mier jurisdiction north of the Rio Grande in the mid-eighteenth century.  By 1899, the town had one school with one school teacher and 33 kids attending. Fourty-one years later in 1940, Escobares had one town store, the existing school, a church (Sacred Heart Catholic Church) and 10 residents.  In 1991 the Sacred Heart Catholic Church was renovated as a 500 seat beautiful Spanish Colonial style Church. By 2000 Escobares had grown to around 2000 residents with several stores, a renovated church, and a school.

Escobares Stats:

Population	2,411
Population Density	2,520
Population Change	23.39%
Median Age	24.9
Households	651
Household Size	3.69
Male Population	48.70%
Female Population	51.30%
Married Population	65.00%
Single Population	35.00%

County officials are still working to clean-up their communities after weekend rains brought more flooding to the Rio Grande Valley.

Oscar Rosa Jr. lost nearly everything to this past week's flood. A new big screen TV - busted.

Oscar Rosa Jr. lost nearly everything to this week's flood. A new big screen TV - busted.

Starr County leaders are trying to keep up with the repairs, after flash flooding damaged over 1,100 homes.

A flash flood warning was in effect for all of northern Texas until about 7 p.m. Wednesday.

PREMONT Maria Estella Chapa Zambrano, 89, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at a Premont nursing home.

The main highway in Texas' Rio Grande Valley was open to traffic again Aug. 19 as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas.