Cameron County is the southernmost county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 406,220. Its county seat is Brownsville. Cameron was founded in 1848. Cameron is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Cameron County is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville Combined ...
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Cameron County is the southernmost county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 406,220. Its county seat is Brownsville. Cameron was founded in 1848. Cameron is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Cameron County is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville Combined Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,276 square miles (3,304.8 km), of which 906 square miles (2,346.5 km) is land and 371 square miles (960.9 km) (29.03%) is water.
US-77 is a is a freeway through Harlingen to Brownsville, blocks north of the International Border.
US-83 is a Freeway through Harlingen and Brownsville.
US-281 is called the 'Military Highway' through Cameron County, and runs roughly adjacent to the Rio Grande River and the Border.
To the east, the county borders the Gulf of...
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