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Bexar County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
174historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
2,009,324pop. 2020
68cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 174 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 9 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near San Antonio, Leon Springs, Helotes.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bexar titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

99 of 174 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

174 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alamo Methodist ChurchSan AntonioBuilding1979
Alamo National Bank BuildingSan AntonioBuilding2006
Alamo National Bank BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1984
Alamo Plaza Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1977
Alamo Portland and Roman Cement WorksSan AntonioSite1976
Alamo Stadium and GymnasiumSan AntonioBuilding2011
Alamo, The NHLSan AntonioBuilding1966
Aue Stagecoach InnLeon SpringsBuilding1979
Aurora Apartment HotelSan AntonioBuilding2021
Aztec TheaterSan AntonioBuilding1992
Ball, Joseph, Jr. and Salome, HomesteadLytleDistrict2018
Barnes-Laird HouseSan AntonioBuilding1988
Barr BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1985
Base Administration BuildingRandolph AFBBuilding1987
Bellinger, Charles V., House; and Greater Corinth Baptist Church and Community CenterSan AntonioDistrict2025
Bexar County CourthouseSan AntonioBuilding1977
Billy Mitchell VillageSan AntonioDistrict2022
Blue Star Street Industrial Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1994
Bonham, James Butler, Elementary SchoolSan AntonioBuilding1978
Borden’s CreamerySan AntonioBuilding2021
Brackenridge ParkSan AntonioDistrict2011
Brady Building-Empire TheaterSan AntonioBuilding1999
Brooke Army Medical CenterSan AntonioBuilding2001
Buckeye Park GateSan AntonioStructure2004
Buick Motor CompanySan AntonioBuilding2025
Builders Exchange BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1994
Bungalow Colony Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2003
Burns BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1999
BushnellSan AntonioBuilding1982
Calcasieu BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1996
Carver, George Washington, Library and AuditoriumSan AntonioBuilding2003
Casa de Dios (House of God)San AntonioBuilding2024
Central Trust Company BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1982
Chinese Sunken Garden GateSan AntonioObject2004
Church of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria y GuadalupeSan AntonioBuilding1975
City Public Service Company BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1995
City of San Antonio Municipal AuditoriumSan AntonioBuilding1981
Clegg, L. B., HouseSan AntonioBuilding1979
Dionicio Rodriguez Bridge in Brackenridge ParkSan AntonioStructure2004
Dubuis HallSan AntonioBuilding2023
Elmendorf, Emil, HouseSan AntonioBuilding1980
Espada Aqueduct NHLSan AntonioStructure1966
Fairmount Hotel, TheSan AntonioBuilding1988
Fence at Alamo Cement CompanySan AntonioStructure2005
First National Bank of San AntonioSan AntonioBuilding1972
Floore Country StoreHelotesBuilding2005
Fort Sam Houston NHLSan AntonioDistrict1975
Fort Sam Houston National CemeterySan AntonioDistrict2016
Fountain at Alamo Cement CompanySan AntonioStructure2005
Fourth Ward SchoolSan AntonioBuilding1978
Franklin, Thomas H., HouseSan AntonioBuilding1986
Friedrich ComplexSan AntonioBuilding2002
Garcia-Garza HouseSan AntonioBuilding1983
Goad Motor Company BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1997
Green, Robert B., Memorial HospitalSan AntonioBuilding2018
Guenther, Carl Hilmar, HouseSan AntonioBuilding1990
Gunter HotelSan AntonioBuilding2007
Halff, A. H., HouseSan AntonioBuilding1986
Hangar 9 NHLSan AntonioBuilding1970
Harris, Ethel Wilson, HouseSan AntonioBuilding2001
Harrison, John S., HouseSelmaBuilding2006
Havana, TheSan AntonioBuilding1986
Hays Street BridgeSan AntonioStructure2012
Heermann StoreVon OrmyDistrict2023
Heidemann RanchSan AntonioDistrict2011
Heidgen, Johann and Anna, HouseSan AntonioBuilding2004
Heimann BuildingSan AntonioBuilding2005
Herrera RanchVon OrmyBuilding2010
Huebner-Onion Homestead and Stagecoach StopLeon ValleyBuilding2005
Hugo & Schmeltzer Company WarehouseSan AntonioBuilding2024
Institute of Texan CulturesSan AntonioDistrict2024
International & Great Northern Railroad Passenger StationSan AntonioBuilding1975
Jacala RestaurantSan AntonioBuilding2004
Kelly Field Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2003
King William Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1972
Koehler, Otto and Emma, HouseSan AntonioBuilding2026
Krause HouseSan AntonioBuilding2010
La Villita Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1972
Lavaca Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2000
Lee, Robert E., HotelSan AntonioBuilding1996
Lerma's Nite ClubSan AntonioBuilding2011
Light HouseAlamo HeightsBuilding2011
Live Oak Park SiteLive OakSite1978
Livingston-Hess HouseSan AntonioBuilding1996
Main and Military Plazas Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1979
Main and Military Plazas Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2019
Majestic Theatre NHLSan AntonioBuilding1975
Maverick BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1995
Maverick-Altgelt Ranch and Fenstermaker-Fromme FarmSan AntonioDistrict1979
Maverick-Carter HouseSan AntonioBuilding1998
Meerscheidt, Otto, HouseSan AntonioBuilding1980
Menger Soap WorksSan AntonioBuilding1973
Merchants Ice and Cold Storage CompanySan AntonioDistrict2002
Meyer Pottery Archeological Complex (41BX128)AtascosaSite1990
Milam BuildingSan AntonioBuilding2015
Milam, Ben, StatueSan AntonioObject2020
Miraflores ParkSan AntonioDistrict2006
Mission Concepcion NHLSan AntonioBuilding1970
Mission ParkwaySan AntonioDistrict1975
Mission San Francisco de la EspadaSan AntonioBuilding1972
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Boundary Increase)San AntonioStructure1974
Mission San Juan CapistranoSan AntonioBuilding1972
Monastery of Our Lady of CharitySan AntonioBuilding1999
Monkey House/Commissary (San Antonio Zoo)San AntonioBuilding2024
Monte Vista Residential Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1998
Morrison, William J., Jr., HouseSan AntonioBuilding1990
Navarro, Jose Antonio, Elementary SchoolSan AntonioBuilding1978
Navarro, Jose Antonio, House ComplexSan AntonioBuilding1972
Navarro, Jose Antonio, House Complex NHLSan AntonioBuilding
Old Lone Star BrewerySan AntonioBuilding1972
Old Lone Star Brewery (Boundary Increase)San AntonioBuilding1979
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese ChurchSan AntonioBuilding1998
Partee, Hiram, HouseSan AntonioBuilding1984
Perez Rancho Site and Delores CrossingSan AntonioDistrict2014
Pershing HouseSan AntonioBuilding1974
Plehwe ComplexLeon SpringsBuilding1983
Poe Motor CompanySan AntonioBuilding2018
Post Chapel, Fort Sam HoustonSan AntonioBuilding1974
Presnall-Watson HomesteadSan AntonioDistrict2012
Prospect Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchSan AntonioBuilding1986
Quadrangle, TheSan AntonioDistrict1974
Randolph Field Historic District NHLSan AntonioDistrict1996
Reinbolt Hall at St. Mary's UniversitySan AntonioBuilding2017
Sacred Heart Conventual ChapelSan AntonioBuilding2021
Saint Anthony HotelSan AntonioBuilding1986
Salado Battlefield and Archeological SiteSan AntonioSite1978
San Antonio Casino Club BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1980
San Antonio City Cemeteries Historic District, OldSan AntonioDistrict2000
San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2018
San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District (Boundary Increase)San AntonioDistrict2025
San Antonio Drug CompanySan AntonioBuilding1994
San Antonio Loan and Trust BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1976
San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkSan AntonioDistrict1978
San Antonio National CemeterySan AntonioSite1999
San Antonio US Post Office and CourthouseSan AntonioBuilding2000
San Antonio Water Works Pump Station No. 2San AntonioBuilding1981
San Jose Mission National Historic SiteSan AntonioBuilding1966
San Pedro Springs ParkSan AntonioSite1979
Schroeder-Yturri HouseSan AntonioBuilding1975
Scottish Rite CathedralSan AntonioBuilding1996
Selma Stagecoach Stop and Post OfficeSelmaBuilding2017
Smith-Young TowerSan AntonioBuilding1991
Source of the River DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1978
South Alamo Street-South Mary's Street Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1984
Southern Pacific Depot Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict1979
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger StationSan AntonioBuilding1975
Spanish Governor's Palace NHLSan AntonioBuilding1970
Specht’s Store and Schmidt’s GinBulverdeDistrict2020
St. John's SeminarySan AntonioDistrict2018
St. Louis Hall at St. Mary's UniversitySan AntonioBuilding2008
St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchSan AntonioBuilding1998
Staacke Brothers BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1980
State Highway 3-A Bridge at Cibolo CreekSchertzStructure1996
Stations of the Cross and Grotto at the Shrine of St. Anthony de PaduaSan AntonioDistrict2004
Stevens BuildingSan AntonioBuilding1984
Thiele House and Thiele CottageSan AntonioBuilding1983
Thomas Jefferson High SchoolSan AntonioBuilding1983
Toltec, TheSan AntonioBuilding2010
Travelers HotelSan AntonioBuilding2015
Trinity University Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2018
Trolley Stop in Alamo HeightsAlamo HeightsStructure2004
U.S. San Antonio ArsenalSan AntonioBuilding1969
Uhl, Gustav, House and StoreSan AntonioBuilding2002
University of the Incarnate Word Administration BuildingSan AntonioBuilding2010
Ursuline AcademySan AntonioBuilding1969
Voelcker Farmstead Historic DistrictSan AntonioDistrict2014
Vogel Belt ComplexSan AntonioBuilding1975
Walker RanchSan AntonioSite1975
Wedgwood, TheCastle HillsBuilding2017
White, R.L., RanchHelotesDistrict2008
Woodward, David J. and May Bock, HouseSan AntonioBuilding1996
Wright, L. T., HouseSan AntonioBuilding1983
Ximenes ChapelSan AntonioBuilding1980
Yturri-Edmunds HouseSan AntonioBuilding1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bexar was formed in 1836 (1836-12-19) from unknown / original county.

BEXAR boundaries implicitly expanded to cover all non-county area in the Republic of Texas. BEXAR originally created by Mexico in August 1824, but boundaries were indefinite.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bexar County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.0M1.0M6,0521850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,05214,45430,47069,422202,096338,176500,460687,151988,8001,392,9312,009,324

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkPark unit9.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

68 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 68 of 68 listed
NameLatLon
Arciniega Cemetery29.27329-98.31862
Arnold Cemetery29.34357-98.71974
Becker Cemetery29.35135-98.69808
Beitel Memorial Cemetery29.52801-98.41057
Bexar Cemetery29.22357-98.68197
Black Hill Cemetery29.25079-98.74836
Borrego Cemetery29.28357-98.3664
Bueche Cemetery29.52106-98.38474
Cantu Cemetery29.37051-98.26251
Cepeda Cemetery29.61201-98.76019
Chapel Hill Memorial Park29.51062-98.33858
Classen Cemetery29.62273-98.47891
Cover Cemetery29.34857-98.29612
Davenport Cemetery29.60356-98.32668
Delgado Cemetery29.30663-98.35446
Eastview Cemetery29.39162-98.42668
Englemann Cemetery29.57856-98.3314
Flores Cemetery29.26468-98.3264
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery29.47559-98.42417
Gates of Heaven Memorial Cemetery29.46718-98.29668
Gerfers Cemetery29.68938-98.50466
Grote Cemetery29.58106-98.33112
Heimsath Cemetery29.65995-98.7753
Helotes Cemetery29.5344-98.68502
Hermann Cemetery29.31857-98.68474
Hermano Cemetery29.50468-98.30696
Hernandez Cemetery29.28329-98.59946
Holbrecht Cemetery29.27079-98.2864
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum29.60157-98.33782
Kempin Cemetery29.49023-98.2514
Koch Cemetery29.72185-98.41779
Lee Cemetery29.61578-98.6753
Lessing Cemetery29.32635-98.71169
Locke Hill Cemetery29.54162-98.58085
Lona China Cemetery29.31107-98.53307
Meadowlawn Memorial Park29.42301-98.38113
Medla Cemetery29.60884-98.69502
Menchaca Cemetery29.60689-98.67919
Mission Burial Park29.63523-98.60835
Mission Burial Park29.34357-98.46613
Mission Burial Park29.34579-98.46863
Mission Espada Cemetery29.31913-98.45585
Mission North Burial Park29.63523-98.60919
Mount Olive Cemetery29.38912-98.25334
Robles Cemetery29.64467-98.6728
Roselawn Memorial Park29.38746-98.5528
Ruiz Cemetery29.27246-98.61057
Saint Pauls Cemetery29.73383-98.48085
Salem Cemetery29.37579-98.29335
San Antonio National Cemetery29.42161-98.46714
San Fernando Cemetery Number 129.41523-98.51113
San Fernando Cemetery Number 229.41496-98.55113
San Isidro Cemetery29.31857-98.71891
San Jose Burial Park29.34528-98.47412
San Jose Mission Cemetery29.36274-98.48863
San Lorenzo Cemetery29.31524-98.29501
San Pedro Cemetery29.50438-98.30909
Schulmeier Cemetery29.55245-98.42835
Sociedad Cemetery29.38607-98.69419
South Lee Cemetery29.63151-98.73279
Stappers Cemetery29.50884-98.19862
Sunset Memorial Park29.49856-98.43029
Tampke Cemetery29.59467-98.39557
Tripp Cemetery29.33107-98.72197
Vogel Cemetery29.73772-98.40168
Voges Cemetery29.74118-98.4137
Wetmore Community Cemetery29.57797-98.40056
Wheeler Cemetery29.60967-98.33474

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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