| LC control no. | n 79071163 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Edinburg (Tex.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Texas--Edinburg |
| Variant(s) | Edinburg, Tex. City of Edinburg (Tex.) |
| See also | Chapin (Tex.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Texas |
| Address | 415 W University Dr. Edinburg Texas 78539 |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 26°18ʹ06ʺN 098°09ʹ48ʺW) Wikipedia, July 19, 2019 (Edinburg, Texas; city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas; 26°18ʹ15ʺN 98°9ʹ50ʺW (26.304225, -98.163751); In 1908, John Closner, William Briggs, Argyle McAllen, Plutarco de la Viña and Dennis B. Chapin developed a new community at this site. The town was named "Chapin" in honor of one of the developers. When Dennis Chapin was involved in the shooting death of Oscar J. Rountree at the Dan Breen Saloon in San Antonio, the community changed its name to "Edinburg" to honor John Young, a prominent businessman who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. The town was officially named in 1911 and incorporated in 1919) The City of Edinburg website, July 19, 2019: home page (City of Edinburg; Edinburg; 415 W University Dr., Edinburg, Texas 78539) <https://cityofedinburg.com/> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-tx |
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