Fronton
Fronton is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States, bordering the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, close to Ciudad Miguel Alemán. The population was 180 at the 2010 census, a decline from the figure of 599 tabulated in 2000.Notable Places in the Area
Fronton Island
Island
Fronton Island is an uninhabited island in the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas.
Localities in the Area
Ciudad Miguel Alemán
Town
Ciudad Miguel Alemán, known prior to 1950 as San Pedro de Roma, is a city located in Miguel Alemán Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from the U.S. city of Roma, Texas. Ciudad Miguel Alemán is situated 5 km east of Fronton.
Roma
Town
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0.
Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. Roma is situated 7 km east of Fronton.
Ciudad Mier
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mier, also known as El Paso del Cántaro, is a city in Mier Municipality in Tamaulipas, located in northern Mexico near the Rio Grande, just south of Falcon Dam. Ciudad Mier is situated 7 km west of Fronton.
Fronton
- Type: Village with 180 residents
- Description: census designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Starr, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.40815° or 26° 24' 29" northLongitude
-99.08401° or 99° 5' 2" westPopulation
180Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open Location Code
76R2CW58+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 151661095OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4692593Wikidata ID
Q960055Fronton Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Basque: Fronton (Texas)
- Basque: Fronton
- Catalan: Fronton
- Cebuano: Fronton
- Chechen: Фронтон (Техас)
- Chechen: Фронтон
- Chinese: Fronton
- Croatian: Fronton (Teksas)
- Croatian: Fronton
- Dutch: Fronton
- English: Fronton, TX
- English: Fronton, Texas
- French: Fronton
- German: Fronton
- Haitian: Fronton, Texas
- Irish: Fronton
- Italian: Fronton
- Ladin: Fronton
- Min Nan Chinese: Fronton
- Persian: فرونتن
- Persian: فرونتن، تگزاس
- Polish: Fronton (Teksas)
- Polish: Fronton
- Portuguese: Fronton
- Serbian: Фронтон (Тексас)
- Serbian: Фронтон
- Serbo-Croatian: Fronton, Texas
- Serbo-Croatian: Fronton
- South Azerbaijani: فرونتن، تکزاس
- Spanish: Fronton
- Tatar: Фронтон (Техас)
- Tatar: Фронтон
- Ukrainian: Фронтон
- Vietnamese: Fronton, Texas
- Vietnamese: Fronton
- Volapük: Fronton
Other Places Named Fronton
Localities in the Area
- Guadalupe Guerra ColoniaHamlet
- Los GuerraVillage
- Sunset ColoniaHamlet, 3 km northeast
- Colonia Linda VistaHamlet, 6 km southeast
- Fronton Ranchettes ColoniaHamlet, 6 km east
Landmarks in the Area
- Fronton PlazaPark
- Lamb of God Catholic MissionChurch
- Fronton CemeteryCemetery
- Fronton IslandIslet
- Plaza Benito JuarezSquare
Popular Destinations in Texas
Discover Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio.
Escape to a Random Place
Discover other destinations in the world.
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Fronton. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.