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BANDERA
COUNTY, TEXAS
Texas Hill Country
29° 44' 24" N, 99° 13' 48" W (29.74, -99.23)
Population: 20,851 (2020)
20,485 (2010) 17,645 (2000) 10,562 (1990)
Total area: 798 square miles (2,070 km2)
791 square miles (2,050 km2) land
6.7 square miles (17 km2) water |
Bandera County
History
Officially recognized
as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" by the Texas Legislature
(from
1936 Texas Centennial Marker):
BANDERA COUNTY
A strategic Indian point in early days. Rangers and Comanches struggled
here in 1843. In 1854 Elder Lyman Wight settled Mormon Colony. In
1855 Poles settled here. From early days a part of Bexar
County, created and organized in 1856. Bandera,
the County Seat founded by John James, Charles de Montel and John
Herndon in 1853.
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Bandera
County Town List
Cities, Towns &
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County Seat - Bandera |
Bandera County
Vintage Maps
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Bandera County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bandera County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bandera County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Bandera County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker
600 block St Hwy
16 S, E of Old San Antonio Road |
Bandera County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, September 2010 |
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