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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

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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.

Bandera County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...County Seat - Bandera

Bandera County Vintage Maps

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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