AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's Hispanic Heritage Month, and the City of Austin is highlighting some Latino leaders whose community contributions have been memorialized in the form of street names across town. The Austin Transportation and Public Works Department's mobility newsletter released Monday listed four streets named after prominent Hispanic leaders: Calle Limon, Nash Hernandez Sr. Road, Cepeda Street and Sandra Muraida Way. More details looking into the backstory of those leaders are highlighted in the map below. Hispanics account for more than 32% of Austin's population, with over 312,000 Hispanic residents calling the city home, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Historic research from Preservation Austin noted large volumes of Mexican immigrants began coming to Austin in the early 1870s amid "internal unrest in Mexico leading to the Mexican Revolution," per their historical analysis. When they first immigrated to town, city records found many Mexican immigrants moved into areas south, southwest and west of the area now known as Republic Square Park, with the present-day West Fourth, West Fifth, Guadalupe and San Antonio streets serving as a boundary for that immigrant population. Records acknowledged that area "had greater exposure to environmental hazards, such as flooding and disease" and Mexican immigrants — along with other non-white populations — were forced to dwell there as a result. RELATED: Why Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15 While the housing and city services were underdeveloped in that area, Mexican community members utilized the parkland as a village zocalo, or a space where vendors could sell tamales and sweets or mingle with friends and loved ones. The land where Republic Square Park now stands was used to house concerts, church fundraisers and El dieciséis de septiembre, the holiday marking the beginning of Mexican independence from Spain. In 2003, city leaders installed two busts of Mexican "founding fathers" in the park: Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Morelos. City officials later installed the sculpture "BLACKBIRD" at the park, with the art piece pulling inspiration from black pottery in Mexico. Preservation Austin has more details on the history of Mexican-Americans in Austin online.