Palmito Ranch Battlefield
Added to the National Register in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Between TX 4 (Boca Chica Hwy.) and the Rio Grande, approximately 12 mi. E of Brownsville, Brownsville, TX |
| County | Cameron County |
| Listed | Jun 23, 1993 |
| Listed for | Military |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Palmito (or Palmetto) Hill Battlefield |
| Reference number | 93000266 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Between TX 4 (Boca Chica Hwy.) and the Rio Grande, approximately 12 mi. E of Brownsville, Brownsville, TX |
| Coordinates | 25.9470° N, 97.2920° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Brownsville | 31 listed places in Brownsville → · walking tour → |
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Nearby in Cameron County
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Public land around it
| Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Inside the boundary101,120 acres |
| Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 1 mile away100,892 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Guidebooks to historic places in Texas
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Palmito Ranch Battlefield listed on the National Register?
Jun 23, 1993. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Palmito Ranch Battlefield?
Between TX 4 (Boca Chica Hwy.) and the Rio Grande, approximately 12 mi. E of Brownsville, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Palmito Ranch Battlefield?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 93000266. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.