• Brownsville,  

  Cameron County

Santa Rita

• Here was Santa Rita; First Anglo-American settlement on lower Rio Grande and county seat of Cameron County; 1848 1849

• Address

• Directions

  From Brownsville, take Highway 281 west 1 mile then go south about 100 yards (at Villa Nueva).

• Marker #

  4586

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  settlements; ghost towns

• Latitude

  -97.55859487

• Longitude

  FALSE