Bluetown, Texas


Bluetown is a census-designated place in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 356 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brownsville-Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Bluetown is in southwestern Cameron County, bordered to the west by Iglesia Antigua and to the south by the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexico–United States border. U.S. Route 281 passes through the community, leading southeastward to Brownsville and west to Hidalgo. La Feria is to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bluetown CDP has a total area of, of which is land and, or 2.72%, is water.

Demographics

Bluetown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census after the Bluetown-Iglesia Antigua CDP was split into the Bluetown and Iglesia Antigua CDPs.