Guerrero Viejo, Mexico
The town hall of Guerrero Viejo. Most residents relocated to a new site ten kilometers away before Falcon Dam went into operation but some remained, living in the non-inundated portions of the town. Drought has resurfaced Guerrero Viejo's ruins, including the church of Nuestra Señora del Refugio.
About this community
- Dam
- Falcon Dam
- River
- Rio Grande
- Region
- Texas
- Established
- 1750
- Inundated
- 1954
- Population
- 3,000
Sources
- https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/falcon/destruction.html
- https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/miscphotosedinburg/206/
- https://www.la.utexas.edu/users/wd/GVFG.pdf
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-flooded-mexican-ghost-town-offers-refuge-to-border-crossers
- https://www.wmf.org/projects/antigua-ciudad-guerrero-guerrero-viejo