Bandera, Texas Bandera, Texas Bandera County Courthouse Bandera County Courthouse Location of Bandera, Texas Location of Bandera, Texas Bandera, Texas is positioned in the US Bandera, Texas - Bandera, Texas County Bandera The First Baptist Church of Bandera is athwart from the Frontier Times Museum Entrance to the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera Bandera is the governmental center of county of Bandera County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country, which is part of the Edwards Plateau. The populace was 857 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Marvin Hunter and titled for Hunter's Frontier Times magazine, is positioned in Bandera athwart from the First Baptist Church.
A visitor to Bandera can see a sign on Main Street, in front of the Fire Department, which states that Bandera was established by Roman Catholic immigrants from Poland.
One says that back in the 19th century, a flag was placed at the top of a path that came to be called Bandera Pass, due to bandera being the Spanish and Polish word for flag.
Bandera is positioned in east-central Bandera County at 29 44 N 99 4 W (29.7258, -99.0750). It is 47 miles (76 km) northwest of downtown San Antonio, on the Medina River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), of which 0.008 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.55%, is water. Bandera is served by the Bandera Independent School District and home to the Bandera High School Bulldogs.
They worked at the Bandera County Jail. On Sunday mornings, Bandera is a prominent destination for motorcyclists from San Antonio, known as the Bandera Breakfast Run.
Bandera is home to the Bandera Riverfest that takes place in June each year on the Medina River, offering tubing, kayaking, cookoffs, and live music throughout the weekend.
Bandera was once home to Texas music legend Robert Earl Keen. Bandera is the hometown of singer-songwriter brothers Bruce Robison and Charlie Robison.
The rugged Hill Country State Natural Area is the locale of the Bandera 100 - K trail run and the Cactus Rose 100 mile endurance run, two of the toughest ultramarathons in Texas.
The Bandera Downs horse racing facility lies just northeast of town.
The Mayan Dude Ranch and the Dixie Dude Ranch are both over 50 years old and are positioned in Bandera.
Rudy Robbins (born 1933), a Western actor, stuntman, singer, and songwriter, has lived in Bandera for nearly five decades.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bandera city, Texas".
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