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Bexar County (/ b ɛər / BAIR or / ˈ b eɪ ər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3]As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county.
The Bexar Archives contain a collection of Spanish language documents which are named for their city of origin, San Antonio de Bexar. These documents accumulated in San Antonio, which was established as a government center in Texas during Spanish and Mexican rule. The Bexar County Commissioners' Court voted on September 30, 1899 to transfer ...
Its jurisdiction covers 3,658 square miles—all of Bexar, Wilson, Karnes and Goliad Counties. In 1917, the voters of Texas passed a constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to create river authorities, which are responsible for developing and conserving the state's water resources.
Rafael Quintana moved to Von Ormy, where he was elected justice of the peace and later county commissioner. During this early era of post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws, he was the only Hispanic judge and commissioner in Bexar County. He established a court along the rail line in Von Ormy, which soon became the town center.
The San Antonio–Austin metroplex is an emerged metropolitan area in the US state of Texas, where the dominant core cities are San Antonio and Austin.This combined metropolitan region, composed of the Greater Austin and Greater San Antonio areas, has approximately 5 million people.
On Tuesday, the county judge and commissioners in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, approved a contract with a vendor to mail the unsolicited forms to approximately 210,000 people, with ...
The election worker in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, asked the voter to remove the hat in the polling place because it contained a political message.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bexar County, Texas. There are 27 districts, 139 individual properties, and one former property listed on the National Register in the county. Two districts and seven individually listed properties are National Historic ...