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Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is three hundred eighty-four miles southwest of Houston. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500.

The peyote cactus thrives in and around Mirando City and nearby Oilton, and is a clandestine source of income for residents. Peyoteros have harvested peyote in Mirando City for over a hundred years.

Mirando City was the center of the South Texas Oil Boom, launched in 1921 by the industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam of Laredo.

Mirando City CDP overview:
Name:	Mirando City CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Webb County
Elevation:	758 ft (231 m)
Total Area:	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)
Land Area:	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)
Water Area:	0.0 sq mi (0 km²)
Total Population:	166
Population Density:	550/sq mi (210/km²)
Area code:	+1 – 361
FIPS code:	4848756
GNISfeature ID:	1341732

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History

O. W. Killiam established the community in 1921. Charles A. Ingersoll, known as Bob, was an early wildcatter oilman in Webb County. Ingersoll brought in the first gusher….the kanoka #1 in the Schott pool.

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Geography

Mirando City is located at 27°26′26″N 98°59′57″W / 27.44056°N 98.99917°W / 27.44056; -98.99917 (27.440631, -98.999170).

According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km), all of it land. This CDP lost area in the changes in Webb County prior to the 2010 census. Its total area was reduced to 0.3 square miles (0.78 km), all land.

It is 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Laredo.