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Bexar County's county seat is San Antonio. In Spanish, "Béxar" is pronounced [behar] in referring to Bexar County, however, in English it is commonly pronounced [bera] (or simply "bear"). Bexar County was created on December 20, 1836, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of Texas, including the disputed areas of western New Mexico northward to Wyoming. After statehood, 128 counties were carved out of its area.

The county gets its name from San Antonio de Béxar, one the twenty-three municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar—originally Villa of San Fernando de Béxar—was the first civil government established in the Spanish province of Texas.

Specifically, the municipality was created in 1731 when fifty-five Canary Islanders settled near the system of missions that had been established around the source of the San Antonio River. The new settlement was named after the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, the Spanish military outpost that protected the missions. The presidio, located at the San Pedro Springs, was founded in 1718 and named for Viceroy Balthasar Manuel de Zúñiga y Guzmán Sotomayor y Sarmiento, second son of the Duke of Béxar (a city in Spain). [wikipedia.org]

* Only a very small portion of Cibolo is located in Bexar County.
** Fair Oaks Ranch has territory in both Bexar County and Kendall County.
*** Selma and Schertz each have territory in both Bexar County and Guadalupe County.
**** Lytle has territory in Bexar County, Atascosa County and Medina County.