Relampago, TX

Relampago is a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 129 residents. Relampago is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named for the Relampago Ranch, a rancho started in 1856 by José María Mora and Thaddeus Rhodes. Relampago'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 Relampago's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. " The town for some years has been a first stop on the so-called ferrocarril subterráneo for migrants.