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| Name | Bexar |
| Alt names | Bexar | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 29.45°N 98.517°W |
| Located in | Texas, United States (1836 - ) |
| See also | Atascosa, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Bandera, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Blanco, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Borden, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crockett, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Dawson, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Dawson, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Fisher, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Frio, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Gaines, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Howard, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Karnes, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kerr, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kinney, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Llano, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Martin, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mason, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Maverick, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mitchell, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nolan, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | San Saba, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scurry, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Shackelford, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Stephens, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Throckmorton, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Tom Green, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Uvalde, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wilson, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Young, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Zavala, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Bexar is the name of both a former district and current county in Texas.
Former District
Bexar District, an unorganized territory, was formed after 1860; by 1880 its 1870 area was part of Tom Green, Crockett, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Nolan, Fisher, Scurry, Borden, Dawson, and Gaines.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1870 | 1,077
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Current County
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bexar County[1] is a county in the US state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population is 1,714,773, making it the 19th most populous county in the nation. Its county seat is San Antonio. In old Spanish, "Béxar" is pronounced .
Bexar County is the central county of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bexar County is a major bellwether in presidential elections. The county has a perfect record of voting for the winning candidate in every presidential election since 1972, when Texas and much of the South started to vote for Republican Party national candidates after nearly 150 years of domination by the Democratic Party.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bexar County was created on December 20, 1836, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of Texas. This included the disputed areas of western New Mexico northward to Wyoming. After statehood, 128 counties were carved out of its area.
The county was named for San Antonio de Béxar, one of the 23 Mexican municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar—originally Villa of San Fernando de Béxar—was the first civil government established by the Spanish in the province of Texas. Specifically, the municipality was created in 1731 when 55 Canary Islanders settled near the system of missions that had been established around the source of the San Antonio River. The new settlement was named after the Presidio San Antonio de Béjar, the Spanish military outpost that protected the missions. The presidio, located at the San Pedro Springs, was founded in 1718 and named for Viceroy Balthasar Manuel de Zúñiga y Guzmán Sotomayor y Sarmiento, second son of the Duke of Béxar (a town in Spain).
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 6,052
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| 1860 | 14,454
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| 1870 | 16,043
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| 1880 | 30,470
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| 1890 | 49,266
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| 1900 | 69,422
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| 1910 | 119,676
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| 1920 | 202,096
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| 1930 | 292,533
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| 1940 | 338,176
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| 1950 | 500,460
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| 1960 | 687,151
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| 1970 | 830,460
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| 1980 | 988,800
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| 1990 | 1,185,394
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