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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.
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| 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. |

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| 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] |
Cities and towns
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Alamo Heights
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Helotes
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San Antonio
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Balcones Heights
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Hill Country Village
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Schertz***
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Castle Hills
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Hollywood Park
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Selma***
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Cibolo
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Kirby
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Shavano Park
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China Grove
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Leon Springs
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Somerset
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Converse
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Leon Valley
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St. Hedwig
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Elmendorf
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Live Oak
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Terrell Hills
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Fair Oaks Ranch**
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Lytle****
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Universal City
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Grey Forest
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Olmos Park
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Von Ormy
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Windcrest
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* 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.
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