Fronton Island
Fronton Island is an uninhabited island in the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas.- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island in the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Frontón Island” and “Isla de San Francisco”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fronton and Ciudad Miguel Alemán.
Fronton
Village
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.
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.
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.
Fronton Island
- Categories: uninhabited island, river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Starr, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.40003° or 26° 24′ 0″ north
Longitude
-99.06893° or 99° 4′ 8″ west
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Open location code
76R2CW2J+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Fronton Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fronton Island”
- Spanish: “Fronton Island”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “isla Frontón”
- Spanish: “Isla Frontón”
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