BANDERA, TEXAS

'Bandera' is a city in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The population was 957 at the 2000 census, and 1,123 in the 2005 census estimate. It is the county seat of Bandera County. Bandera calls itself the Cowboy Capital of the World.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

History

Education

Entertainment

External links

Geography

Bandera is located at (29.725804, -99.074964). This is 40 miles (64 km) northwest of San Antonio, on the Medina River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 km² (1.2 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 957 people, 408 households, and 239 families residing in the city. The population density was 315.8/km² (820.2/mi²). There were 488 housing units at an average density of 161.0/km² (418.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.98% White, 0.21% African American, 0.52% Native American, 2.51% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.84% of the population.
There were 408 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,089, and the median income for a family was $36,500. Males had a median income of $27,604 versus $17,813 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,502. About 11.0% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over.

History

The name "Bandera" has many possibilities at which the name came from. One being that back in the eighteen-hundreds, a flag was placed at the top of "Bandera pass", flag meaning "Bandera" in Spanish could have brought about the name.
Bandera has a number of sites on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Bandera County Courthouse and Jail.

Education

Bandera is served by the Bandera Independent School District.

Entertainment

★ Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie visited the town while taping their reality television show, ''The Simple Life 2''. They worked at the Bandera County Jail.

★ The city is home of Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar, a famous Hill Country Honky-Tonk.

★ On Sunday mornings, Bandera is a popular destination for motorcyclists from San Antonio, known as the Bandera Breakfast Run.

★ Willie Nelson has an instrumental called "Bandera" on his ''Red Headed Stranger'' record.

★ Bandera is home to Texas music legends Robert Earl Keen, Bruce Robison, Charlie Robison, and Emily Robison (of the Dixie Chicks, wife of Charlie).

★ The rugged Bandera State Natural Area is the location of the Bandera 100K, one of the toughest ultramarathons in Texas, hosted annually by veteran trail runner and race director Joe Prusaitis.

★ Clint Black's brother, Kevin, owns and operated the Longhorn saloon in town.

External links

★ Bandera Chamber of Commerce

★ Bandera Visitors Bureau

★ The Bandera Bulletin, Bandera's weekly newspaper

★ Cowboy Capital Rodeo information

★ Bandera 100K trail run information

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