The town was named for an 1834 land grant to Matias Garcia. The town was not the site for the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican–American War, on 8 May 1846. The actual site of the battle was 5 miles from present-day Brownsville, Texas.
palo, alto, texas, palo, alto, place, southwestern, nueces, county, state, texas, located, four, miles, southwest, driscoll, miles, north, bishop, miles, north, kingsville, palo, altounincorporated, areapalo, altolocation, within, fine, state, texascoordinates. Palo Alto is a place in southwestern Nueces County in the U S state of Texas It is located four miles southwest of Driscoll 7 1 2 miles north of Bishop and 14 1 2 miles north of Kingsville Palo AltoUnincorporated areaPalo AltoLocation within the fine state of TexasCoordinates 27 39 42 N 97 47 51 W 27 66167 N 97 79750 W 27 66167 97 79750CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyNuecesTime zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT History EditThe town was named for an 1834 land grant to Matias Garcia The town was not the site for the Battle of Palo Alto the first major battle of the Mexican American War on 8 May 1846 The actual site of the battle was 5 miles from present day Brownsville Texas External links EditPalo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Palo Alto Sp tall timber a wood in S Texas The American Cyclopaedia 1879 This article about a location in Nueces County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Palo Alto Texas amp oldid 863464112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
