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SAN ISIDRO, TEXAS

Starr County, South Texas

26° 43' 8" N, 98° 26' 39" W (26.718889, -98.444167)

FM 1017 and FM 2294
5 miles E of La Gloria
38 miles NE of Rio Grande City the county seat
ZIP code 78588, 78536
Area code 956
Population: 240 (2010) 270 (2000) 300 (1990)

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Post office in San Isidro, Texas
The post office in San Isidro
TE photo, 7-01

SAN ISIDRO, TX

San Isidro is at the intersection of Farm roads 1017 and 2294 in northeastern Starr County. Santiago Peña, the first settler (See founder) in the area in 1877, named the town for San Isidro (St. Isidore of Seville), the patron saint of farmers. (Correction - see namesake) A statue of the saint was ordered from Spain. The old Catholic church was built about 1900, a half-mile back from the present road. A post office operated at San Isidro from 1904 to 1913, but the community had only a population of ten and one business in 1933 and 1940. A new church and parish hall were built in 1963, under the direction of longtime pastor Fortunato Herrero, O.M.I. The twelve-grade school, with housing for teachers, consolidated the rural schools of northern Starr County as one of the three county systems and led to the establishment of the present post office in 1948. In 1990 a State Highway Department office, a volunteer fire department, a dozen businesses, a small Baptist church, the consolidated school system, the post office, dry-land farming and neighboring gas and oilfields made San Isidro the leading community in the north part of the county. The population was 300. In 2000 the population was 270.

Dick D. Heller, Jr., “San Isidro, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed February 03, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/san-isidro-tx. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Windmill in San Isidro, Texas
A windmill in San Isidro
TE photo, 7-01

San Isidro, Texas Forum

  • Subject: San Isidro, Texas Namesake

    San Isidro in Starr County, TX was not named after St. Isadore of Seville. It was named after St. Isadore the Laborer, also called St. Isadore the Farmer (In Spanish: San Isidro Labrador). St. Isadore the Laborer was born in 1070. His parents named him after their patron St. Isadore of Seville who was a scholar from the 3rd century. They are often confused with one another because of the name "St. Isadore." The real name of St. Isadore the Laborer or Farmer was Isidro de Merlo y Quintana. He is the partron saint of Madrid Spain and of farmers and is celebrated on May 15th. Thank you. - Sincerly, Rosa Linda Looez-Berlanga, February 2, 2023
    https://museodesilan.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/honoring-saint-isidore-the-laborer/
    https://aleteia.org/2022/05/26/the-remains-of-saint-isidore-the-farmer-are-being-exposed-in-madrid/


  • Subject: San Isidro, Texas founder

    The post office in the picture was not built till the 1980's. The other post office was across the street. My grandmother was the postmaster general for 40 years. The founder is not Santiago Peña but in fact Blas Pena Gonzales - died 1905 and buried in his ranch family plot in San Isidro Tx. Hope this was helpfull. - Arturo Silva, August 23, 2011

  • TX Starr County 1907s Map
    Starr County 1907 postal map showing Sanisidro
    From Texas state map #2090
    Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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