Zarate, Texas

About Zarate

Zarate, TX is a small unincorporated community located in southern Texas.

Zarate holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.02 square miles.

📰 Zarate News Today

• Rosendo Zarate Obituary (1958 - 2026) - Midland, TX - Midland Reporter-Telegram Legacy obituary · Aug 12
• Rosendo Zarate Obituary | Serenity Memorial Gardens Cemetery | Midland, TX Tribute Archive · Aug 5
• Texas State softball closes regular season with series win over App State - Austin American-Statesman Austin American-Statesman · May 2
• Husky Wanders Away From Home — And Ends Up In Another Country The Dodo · Jun 24
• Cindy Zarate Obituary - Pharr, TX Dignity Memorial · Nov 3

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What Makes Zarate Unique

• The only place in America named Zarate — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.02 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 1 miles.

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