Origin of The Name
The city was named after the General Mariano Escobedo.
Escobedo was known as "Topo de los Ayala" and was under Monterrey's juridiction in 1830, it was until 1867 that it was separated from the San Nicolas de los Garza municipality under gobernor Jerónimo Treviño and was thus decreted on February 24, 1868 becoming the "Villa de Gral. Escobedo".
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