CONVERSE, TEXAS

Bexar County, South Texas

29° 31' 2" N, 98° 18' 50" W 29.517222, -98.313889

FM 1976
Just S of Live Oak and Universal City
NW of Schertz
15 Miles NE of Downtown San Antonio
ZIP code 78109
Area code 210
Population: 28,171 Est. (2019)
18,198 (2010) 11,508 (2000) 8,887 (1990)

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Main Street
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

History in a Pecan Shell

Major Converse, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Railroad is the towns namesake. Converse purchased the land in the late 1870s and a post office opened by 1878.

Only thirty people were reported in the mid 1880s. Ten years later the situation hadn’t changed much, but the town did have the basic building blocks for growth (a saloon, cotton gins and grocery). A predominately German settlement, its proximity to San Antonio was both a blessing and a curse.

At the end of WWII the population was still less than 200, but grew to 900 by the mid 1960s. The 1990 census reported nearly 9,000 and in 2000 it had surpassed 11,000.

Converse, Texas Landmarks

Barber Shop
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

Corner store
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Converse Texas general store quilt studio

Corner store
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

Hamilton's Corner
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

Repair Shop
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

"Much Much Much More"
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

Converse Texas Fire Department & Fire Engines

Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

Bexar County 1920s map showing Converse (NE of San Antonio) near the Guadalupe County line
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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