The Spanish established a small settlement south of the Rio Grande in present-day Mexico, and some Spaniards settled on what became the United States side of the Rio Grande as early as the 18th century. Paula Loso… See more

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 52.3 km (20.2 sq mi), of which 52.2 km (20.2 sq mi) are land and 0.1 km (0.039 sq mi), or 0.24%, is covered by water.
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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 34,673 people, 12,300 households, and 8,898 families residing in the city.
As of the census of 2000, 33,867 people, 10,778 households, and 8,514 families resided in t… See more

In 1942, the Army Air Corps opened Laughlin Field 9 mi (14 km) east of Del Rio, as a training base for the Martin B-26, but the base was deactivated in 1945. As the Cold War pressures built, along with new border-cont… See more

Some of the earliest surviving cultural artefacts in the region are various pictographs found in local caverns in and near the town. Some of these pictographs date as far back as 4,200 years when the people of … See more