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Bexar County Texas

Bexar County's county seat is San Antonio. In Spanish, "Bxar" is pronounced [behar] in referring to Bexar County, however, in English it is commonly pronounced [bera] (or simply "bear").

Bexar County was created on December 20, 1836, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of Texas, including the disputed areas of western New Mexico northward to Wyoming. After statehood, 128 counties were carved out of its area. The county gets its name from San Antonio de Bxar, one the twenty-three municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Bxaroriginally Villa of San Fernando de Bxar was the first civil government established in the Spanish province of Texas. Specifically, the municipality was created in 1731 when fifty-five 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 Bxar, 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 Ziga y Guzmn Sotomayor y Sarmiento, second son of the Duke of Bxar (a city in Spain). [wikipedia.org]

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The Alamo
San Antonio, TX

CITIES, TOWNS,  AND POPULATED PLACES

* Alamo Heights * Balcones Heights * Castle Hills * Cibolo (part) * China Grove * Converse * Elmendorf * Fair Oaks Ranch * Grey Forest * Helotes * Hill Country Village * Hollywood Park * Kirby * Leon Springs * Leon Valley * Live Oak * Lytle * Olmos Park * San Antonio * Schertz * Selma * Shavano Park * Somerset * St. Hedwig * Terrell Hills * Universal City * Von Ormy * Windcrest *

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Jan 2025: Death News: STANIFORD - Submitted by NK
Dec 2024: Death News: WORTH, BOOKER; Marriage News: GREEN, TRAMMELL
Nov 2024: Visiting News: SIEGEL, COHEN, JOSEPH, GOLDSTEIN, BUDLOW, KAUFMAN, MARCUS, JAFER, FRIEDMAN, FRIEDLANDER, COPELAND, HIRSH, WOLFF, RICE, FINKELSTEIN, ROSENWASSER
Jul 2024: Death News: FARNSWORTH, COY, MIDGETT, WARD, LANG, BAKER, SPIERS, CLARK; Marriage News: TERRELL, BENTLEY, ECHKHARDT, WURZBACH, GRIESENBECK, SKEIN; Crime News: KREMPKAU; Visiting News: SMITH, KIRKPATRICK, KING, SCHULTZ, HAESE; Deaths: 1910 Burial Permits: LANG, DAVIS, RODRIGUEZ, WARD, CLARK, NIXON, SINGER, GREEN, GARCIA, AGUILAR, LEACK, MICHEL; Birth News: RHODES, KIRK, RAMO, MATTISON, BARKER, MURIEL; Census: 1890 Veterans Schedule
Apr 2024: Marriage News: MASSIE, BUCKLEY, COOK, TANDY, CUNNINGHAM, MURCHISON, JOHNS, HERNDON, WRIGHT, MORRIS, DYER, GROCE, MEYERS, PRESLEY, RUSS, WEBB, BURDETT, THELS, GILLETT, ANDERSON, FINLEY, HOWARD, DIETZE, ASH, BOYKIN, SHAW
Mar 2024: Birth News: LOE; Death News: HALBROOKS, MILLER, HOBBS, LANGRIDGE, DAVIES, ROBERTS; Marriage News: DROUILHET, LIDSTONE, HORTON, NOLAN, LEISSNER, SMITH, THOMAS, FALTIN, BROWN, TIERNEY, MOTT, BURKE, WAGNER, MEINRATH, MULLALY, GREGORY, DOBROWOLSKI, HALAMUDA, BARDWELL, WHITE, WHEELOCK, WHEELIS, SCHLOSBERG, GREEN, ONION, YOUNG, KELLY, COLE, HOOEY, MALONE, SPANGLE, BUTTON, LASSITER, ROGERS
Dec 2023: History: 1914 San Antonio Overview; Marriage News: KEIDEL, MCILHENY, RUSH, DESHA
Aug 2023: Biographies: RICHTER, SAUVIGNET, BRUNI, BERTANI, LOWRY, SKIDMORE, PFEUFFER, MARTIN, MAYERS, GARCIA, LARGEN, CAMPBELL, SHINER, TRUEHEART, STEVENS, BURNS, WOMACK, CAMERON, SHAW, OBETS, JOHNSON
Jul 2023: Death News: GARZA, DEAN, CLARK, RUNYAN, WILLIE, LINCECUM, CALLAHAM; Wills: MAYER
Mar 2023: Marriage News: CHARTRES, LEWIS
 
 
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