Fronton
Fronton is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States, bordering the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, close to Ciudad Miguel Alemán. The population was 172 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 180 tabulated in 2010.- Type: Village with 180 residents
- Description: census designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Fronton, Texas” and “Fronton, TX”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fronton Island.
Fronton Island
Island
Fronton Island is an uninhabited island in the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciudad Miguel Alemán and Roma-Los Saenz.
Ciudad Miguel Alemán
Town
Ciudad Miguel Alemán, known prior to 1950 as San Pedro de Roma, is a city located in Miguel Alemán Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from the U.S. city of Roma, Texas. Ciudad Miguel Alemán is situated 3½ miles east of Fronton.
Roma-Los Saenz
Town
Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. Its population was 11,561 at the 2020 census. The city is located along the Rio Grande, across from Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Roma-Los Saenz is situated 4½ miles east of Fronton.
Ciudad Mier
Ciudad Mier is a small border town on the Rio Bravo in northern Tamaulipas. It has a lot of 18th and 19th century historic buildings and offers outstanding recreational opportunities with its location on the banks of Falcon Lake.Fronton
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Starr, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.40815° or 26° 24′ 29″ north
Longitude
-99.08401° or 99° 5′ 2″ west
Population
180
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
76R2CW58+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Fronton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fronton”
- Catalan: “Fronton”
- Cebuano: “Fronton”
- Chechen: “Фронтон”
- Chinese: “Fronton”
- Croatian: “Fronton”
- Dutch: “Fronton”
- French: “Fronton”
- German: “Fronton”
- Gilaki: “فرانتن”
- Haitian: “Fronton, Texas”
- Haitian: “Fronton”
- Irish: “Fronton”
- Italian: “Fronton”
- Ladin: “Fronton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fronton”
- Persian: “فرونتن، تگزاس”
- Persian: “فرونتن”
- Polish: “Fronton”
- Portuguese: “Fronton”
- Serbian: “Фронтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fronton, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fronton”
- South Azerbaijani: “فرونتن، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “Fronton”
- Swedish: “Fronton, Texas”
- Swedish: “Fronton”
- Tatar: “Фронтон”
- Ukrainian: “Фронтон”
- Urdu: “فرنٹن، ٹیکساس”
- Vietnamese: “Fronton, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Fronton”
- Volapük: “Fronton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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