Santa Rita, Texas

Santa Rita, Texas, now a ghost town, was a town near Brownsville, Texas in Cameron County, Texas, United States.^[1] It is believed to have been the first government seat in the county in 1848, and perhaps the earliest town to have been named by English-speaking people from the area.^[1] Around the late 1700s, this area was a ranching community, even before the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas was established in 1826.^[1] When Brownsville, Texas was finally elected as the county seat a few months later, most of the residents from Santa Rita left to the winning townsite. By the late 1930s, nothing remained in Santa Rita.^[1] Today, Santa Rita is found near the colonia of Villa Nueva (San Pedro), a historical site in the Rio Grande Valley, northwest of the city of Brownsville, Texas.^[2]

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Coordinates: 25°58′46″N 97°35′56″W / 25.97944°N 97.59889°W / 25.97944; -97.59889