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History on the City of Harlingen Texas, which incorporated on April 15, 1910.

In 1904 Lon C. Hill named the town he founded on the north bank after the Frisian city of Harlingen, the Netherlands. The first school opened with fifteen pupils in 1905. The first hospital in Harlingen opened in 1923 and consisted of little more than two barracks as wings. The Valley Baptist Hospital was built nearby a few years later, and eventually the older hospital closed. The city of Harlingen operates a busy industrial airpark where bombers used to land. At Valley International Airport the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force) occupied hangar and apron space until 1991. 26.1914; -97.6911