Editing Olmito, Texas (section)

==Geography==
Olmito is located in south-central Cameron County at {{coord|26|1|11|N|97|32|5|W|type:city}} (26.019655, -97.534690).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Interstate 69E]]/[[U.S. Route 77 in Texas|U.S. Route 77]]/[[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|U.S. Route 83]] runs along the eastern side of the community, leading northwestward {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[San Benito, Texas|San Benito]] and south {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.7|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 11.45%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Olmito CDP, Texas |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4853964 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213082547/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4853964 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref> Olmito Lake is in the northern part of the town, and the Resaca del Rancho Viejo, an ancient channel of the Rio Grande, forms the western edge of the community.