Bluetown, TX

Bluetown is a census-designated place in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 census counted 491 residents. Bluetown is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bluetown is in southwestern Cameron County, bordered to the west by Iglesia Antigua and to the south by the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexico–United States border. Bluetown's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Texas setting. The local scoop is how Bluetown's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. U.S. Route 281 passes through the community, leading southeastward 26 miles to Brownsville and west 29 miles to Hidalgo.