Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,751 at the 2010 census.
Uvalde was founded in 1853 by Reading Wood Black as the town of "Encina". Encina was later renamed as "Uvalde" in 1856 after the Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde (Cádiz, Andalusia, 1729–1816).
On May 24, 2022, 19 children and 3 adults were killed in an elementary school mass shooting.