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Cameron Park’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cameron Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cameron Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,099 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 6,963 to 6,099 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cameron Park yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Cameron Park

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Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonBrownsville · 1 miBSBruce SterlingBrownsville · 1 miGrace NapolitanoGrace NapolitanoBrownsville · 1 miFreddy FenderFreddy FenderSan Benito · 15 miBKBernard L. KowalskiBrownsville · 1 miSBShelbie BruceBrownsville · 1 mi
By decade

Cameron Park, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cameron Park is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cameron Park has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Resaca de la Palma Battlefield in Brownsville, 2.4 miles away.

Cameron Park and the nearest listed places

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Resaca de la Palma BattlefieldPalo Alto Battlefield National Historic SiteMcNair HouseM.E. and Estela Cueto Garcia HouseHicks-Gregg HouseLillian and George K. Aziz Essey House

Closest to Cameron Park

Resaca de la Palma BattlefieldBrownsville · Site2.4miPalo Alto Battlefield National Historic SiteBrownsville · Built 19783.6miMcNair HouseBrownsville · Building3.8miM.E. and Estela Cueto Garcia HouseBrownsville · Building4.1miHicks-Gregg HouseBrownsville · American Foursquare4.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Resaca de la Palma Battlefield’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cameron Park?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cameron Park’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Brownsville📜 Rancho Viejo📜 Los Fresnos📜 Indian Lake
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