Welcome to Aguilares ...

Aguilares is located on the South Texas Plains.

Aguilares is located in Webb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aguilares, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Aguilares is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Aguilares lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Aguilares ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Aguilares.

• Mirando City Addition
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mirando City Addition is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirando City Addition
  • Mirando City Addition has also been known as:
  • Mirando City Addition Colonia
• Mirando City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mirando City is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirando City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mirando City <3>
• Los Ojuelos ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Los Ojuelos is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojuelos
• Oilton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oilton is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oilton <3>
• Pescadito ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pescadito is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescadito
• Bruni
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bruni is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruni
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruni <3>
• Ranchitos Las Lomas
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ranchitos Las Lomas is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchitos Las Lomas
• Regency Village
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Regency Village is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Village
  • Regency Village has also been known as:
  • Regency Village Colonia
• Laredo Ranchettes
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
• La Presa
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • La Presa is located in Webb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Presa
  • La Presa has also been known as:
  • La Presa Colonia

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aguilares. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aguilares.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aguilares. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aguilares.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aguilares. See our Newspapers Page for Aguilares.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aguilares ...

Looking for more information about Aguilares? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Aguilares, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Aguilares.

Adding Aguilares to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Aguilares in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Aguilares was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Aguilares post office opened in 1890. The Aguilares post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aguilares.