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Mission

Texas, United States
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Mission, city, Hidalgo county, southern Texas, U.S. It lies in the lower Rio Grande valley and is part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area. A settlement was made in 1907 near a mission established (1824) by the Oblate Fathers of the Franciscan order. It developed as a shipping and packing centre for citrus fruits and is now the site of the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta (a salute to the Texas Ruby Red grapefruit). The national headquarters...

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