Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 30 miles east of Laredo and 130 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. As of the 2020 census, Mirando City had a population of 222. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500.
left|thumb|[[U.S. Post Office in Mirando City, June 2011]]
The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents. Peyoteros have harvested peyote in Mirando City for over a hundred years.
Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.
History
O. W. Killiam established the community in 1921. Charles A. Ingersoll, known as Bob, was an early wildcatter oilman in Webb County. Ingersoll brought in the first gusher....the kanoka #1 in the Schott pool.
Geography
Mirando City is located at (27.440631, -98.999170).
According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. This CDP lost area in the changes in Webb County prior to the 2010 census. Its total area was reduced to , all land as before.
It is southeast of Laredo.<br> 1850–1900 1910<br> 1920 1930 1940<br>
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!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|36
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|7.30%
|4.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.70%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.81%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|453
|357
|style='background: #ffffe6; |213
|91.89%
|85.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95.95%
|-
|Total
|493
|375
|style='background: #ffffe6; |222
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 222 people, 138 households, and 87 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
200px|right|thumb|St. Agnes [[Roman Catholic Mission in Mirando City, June 2011]]
As of the census Therefore, from the fall of 1994 to July 1, 2005, WCISD served high schoolers from Mirando City, while Mirando Elementary School in the Mirando City ISD served students from kindergarten through 8th grade. On May 9, 2005 the Texas Education Agency ordered the closure of Mirando City ISD. The district closed on July 1, 2005, and all students were rezoned to Webb CISD schools. All of Mirando City's children now go to Webb CISD schools.
The designated community college for Webb County is Laredo Community College.
Parks and recreation
right|thumb|Historical marker at Lala's Café in Mirando City, February 2014
Webb County operates the Ernesto J. Salinas Memorial Community Center.
Lala's Cafe
City's main business is Lala's Cafe, a Texas-Mexican restaurant on Main Street which opened in 1953 and moved to its current location in 1964 across the street from the original site. It received a historical marker from the Webb County Historical Association on January 4, 2014.
Founded by Eduarda "Lala" Rodriguez, who died in 1973, the café is now operated by her granddaughter, Noemi "Mimi" Jackson.
See also
- List of census-designated places in Texas