La Penusca, Texas | |
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  La Penusca  La Penusca | |
| Coordinates: 26°4′40″N97°29′40″W / 26.07778°N 97.49444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Cameron |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 956 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1374422 [1] |
La Penusca is an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located within the Rio Grande Valley and the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area.
La Penusca consisted of a few scattered farms in the late 1940s and had 27 homes in 1983. There were no population estimates in 2000. [2]
La Penusca is located on the shore of the Resaca de los Cuates, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Los Fresnos in central Cameron County. [2]
Today, the community is served by the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District. Children in the community attend Los Fresnos Elementary School, Liberty Memorial Middle School, and Los Fresnos High School.
