Mayor Oscar Montoya, City of Mercedes, TX.
Hidalgo CountyMercedes / CountyHidalgo County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat is Edinburg and the largest city is McAllen. The county is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain. Wikipedia
Some sources state that the original name given to the city was "Diaz" in honor of Porfirio Diaz, then president of Mexico. Later it was supposedly renamed "Mercedes Diaz" in honor of the president's wife, and from that, Mercedes became the Queen City.
During the 1980s Mercedes was best known for its annual Rio Grande Valley Stock Show and for the large number of nationally renowned bootmakers located there. In 1980 the city's population was 10,354, and in 1990 it was 12,694. In 2000 the town reported 377 businesses and 13,649 residents.
With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Mercedes has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 28.
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78570Mercedes / Zip code