Bandera, Texas | |
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City | |
.jpg) Downtown Bandera | |
 Flag  Logo | |
| Nickname: "Cowboy Capital of the World" | |
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  Bandera, Texas Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′32″N 99°04′27″W / 29.72556°N 99.07417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bandera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kaylyn Huerta[citation needed] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Land | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,247 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 829 |
| • Density | 778.55/sq mi (300.49/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 78003 |
| Area code | 830 |
| FIPS code | 48-05528[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409781[2] |
| Website | www |
Bandera (Spanish: "flag", /bænˈdɛrə/ ban-DERR-ə) is a town[clarification needed] in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The county seat, it lies in the Texas Hill Country, a part of the Edwards Plateau located at the crossroads of the central, southern, and western parts of the state,[4] The population was 829 at the 2020 census.[5] approximately 40 miles northwest of San Antonio and 90 miles southwest of Austin, the state capital.
Bandera calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the World", a legacy dating to its days as a staging area for what is today known as Great Western Cattle Trail for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.[6]
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bandera, Texas
- ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bandera city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ "This Small Texas Town Has Less Than 1,000 Residents — and It's the 'Cowboy Capital of the World" travelandliesure.com, March 23, 2023