Bexar County, Texas, United States of America
This project is for anyone that was born, lived, or died in Bexar County, Texas since its creation in 1836. There are or will be "sub-projects" for the founding families of La Villa de San Antonio de Bexar. See Related Projects.
Bexar County, Texas has a long rich history that goes back more than a hundred years before its official existence as Bexar County.
Bexar County was known as the Department of Bexar for a few short years under the Mexican government. However, this area was settled in 1718 by the Spaniards, and before the Spaniards, Indigenous American Indians and their predecessors are known to have inhabited this area going back at least 11,000 years.
Cities
- Alamo Heights
- Balcones Heights
- Castle Hills
- Cibolo (part)
- Converse
- Elmendorf (part)
- Fair Oaks Ranch (part)
- Grey Forest
- Helotes
- Hill Country Village
- Kirby
- Leon Valley
- Live Oak
- Lytle (part)
- Olmos Park
- San Antonio (County Seat, part)
- Sandy Oaks
- Schertz (part)
- Selma (part)
- Shavano Park
- Somerset
- Terrell Hills
- Universal City (part)
- Van Ormy
- Windcrest