Biohazard Cleanup Near Progreso Historic District Progreso, TX

Progreso is a city in southeastern Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Farm Road 1015, two miles north of the Rio Grande.

Progreso's town site lies within the Llano Grande Spanish land grant, which Juan José Hinojosa requested on July 4, 1776, and was awarded in 1790.

Progreso's name is the Spanish word for 'progress.'

In 1926 the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway built an impressive mission-style depot in Progreso, though the station closed just five years later in 1931.

Progreso received its own post office in 1930, and for decades it remained a tiny farming community of fewer than 250 people.

Progreso was incorporated in November 1991 as a home-rule city, and it grew rapidly in part because of the Progreso International Bridge to Mexico.

The Progreso International Bridge, built in 1953, connects Progreso with Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, and the town is a well-known gateway for 'Winter Texans' visiting Mexico.

Progreso had 4,807 residents at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 5,507 in 2010, within just 3.0 square miles of land.

Progreso is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area, and local businesses include a cotton gin, a farmer's co-op, and a commercial farm headquarters.