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address:1300 Houston Avenue  McAllen, TX 78501 phone:956-681-1000 fax:956-681-1010 website:City of McAllen

Events Calendar

Tuesday, December 1st

Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

when:3:30pm, McAllen, TX
venue:City of McAllen

Wednesday, December 2nd

Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting

when:5:30pm, McAllen, TX
venue:City of McAllen

Tuesday, December 8th

Board of Public Utility Meeting

when:4:00pm, McAllen, TX
venue:City of McAllen

Monday, December 14th

Board of Commission Meeting

when:4:00pm, McAllen, TX
venue:City of McAllen

Tuesday, December 15th

Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

when:3:30pm, McAllen, TX
venue:City of McAllen

Mission :

Dedicated to consistently providing high quality services and quality of life to all who live , work and visit the city of Mc allen.

City History :

It wasn't until the early 1850's, when John McAllen arrived in the Rio Grande Valley, did development begin to come together where McAllen is today. John McAllen and others established a town site in 1904 known then as West McAllen and the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad reached the town site a year later. In 1907, other developers started a town on their own land tract and named it East McAllen.

The two groups joined forces soon thereafter and by 1910 several businesses, churches, residences and a newspaper had been built.

McAllen had a population of 150 in 1910. The next year the City of McAllen was incorporated, and by 1920 the city had grown to over 5,300 residents.

McAllen grew steadily over the next several decades and the U.S. Census reported in 1960 that McAllen had 32,728 residents. In the 1960's, the city did not add many residents, but did build a new city hall, double the size of its library and established a museum and had already added a civic center and airport the previous decade.

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