Los Fresnos, TX (CDP)

Los Fresnos is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 8,114 residents. Los Fresnos is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. Located in south-central Cameron County, the city was named for the fresnos scattered in the woods and along streams. Whipple Memorial Library serves Los Fresnos. In Los Fresnos, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Los Fresnos, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. In 1912, Lon Hill, an early landowner, formed a company to develop a canal system that would use the Rio Grande to irrigate land for farming. Los Fresnos is 12 mi north of the center of Brownsville and 18 mi southeast of Harlingen.