Helotes, Texas Helotes, Texas The historic Floore Country Store in Helotes The historic Floore Country Store in Helotes Location of Helotes, Texas Location of Helotes, Texas Helotes (/h lo t s/ h -loh-tiss) is a town/city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, positioned on the far northwest side of San Antonio.

George Marnoch, purchased the territory that would later turn into the site of the town. Marnoch's home at one time served as a stagecoach stop and a postal service for cowboys driving their cattle from Bandera to auction in San Antonio. His heirs sold a portion of their property in 1880 to a Swiss immigrant, Arnold Gugger, who assembled a home and mercantile store around which the town of Helotes sprang to life. In 1908, Gugger sold his property to Bert Hileman, who opened the town's first dance hall. He was also instrumental in getting old Bandera Road paved and opening the town's first filling station. He sold his property in downtown Helotes in 1919, when the town's populace declined. Floore also financed the first annual Helotes Cornyval festival in the 1960s, which was held to jubilate the opening of a new postal service. Corn played an meaningful part in the tradition of Helotes.

The small-town Native Americans planted corn, actually maize, in the fertile valleys of the area, and feed corn was a primary crop grown in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The town name is derived from the Spanish word elote, which can mean "ear of maize", "corncob", or simply "corn", but exactly how the town came to be called Helotes is still a subject of debate. As the urban sprawl of San Antonio period and approached the outskirts of Helotes in the 1970s, inhabitants determined to take their fate into their own hands.

After a decade of planning and negotiation, Helotes became an incorporated town/city in October 1981. To this day, inhabitants still struggle with the dilemma of maintaining the city's rugged nation charm, while at the same time allowing for the evolution of undivided suburban facilities and businesses. Helotes was the hometown of the late Texas state Senator Frank L.

Now with a populace of over 7,000, Helotes is becoming one of the most desirable suburbs of San Antonio.

Helotes itself includes the newly renovated Old Town Helotes.

Completed in 2011, Old Town Helotes is the revitalized downtown of Helotes, which includes John T.

Floore's Country Store, All That Glitters, L&M Feed and Supply, Mander Automotive Service, First Baptist Church of Helotes, Elf Hardware, Helotes - Tactical Firearms, Helotes Creek Winery and El Chaparral Mexican Restaurant.

Helotes is home to Oak Valley golf course,the first golf course in south Texas to be fully lit at evening .

Other shopping centers off the primary thoroughfare of Bandera Road include Walmart, CVS Pharmacy, Dollar General, Dairy Queen, Bill Miller BBQ, Sonic, Starbucks, BBVA Compass Bank, Broadway Bank, and the Helotes Post Office.

Helotes is positioned in northwestern Bexar County in the valley of Helotes Creek where it exits from the Texas Hill Country.

Anderson Loop, the outer beltway around San Antonio, is 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the center of Helotes.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Helotes has a total region of 6.6 square miles (17.0 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.06%, is water. As of the 2000 census, Helotes had a populace of 4,285 residents.

Helotes inhabitants are zoned to the following schools in the Northside Independent School District: Elementary School (Helotes) Helotes Elementary School (Helotes) Los Reyes Elementary School (Helotes) Bob Beard Elementary School (Helotes) Fields Elementary School (San Antonio) Hector Garcia Middle School (San Antonio) Jefferson Middle School (San Antonio) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Helotes city, Texas".

"Texas Historical Commission town/city marker (archive copy)".

"Helotes Small Town Research Project (archive copy)".

"City of Helotes: Tourism".

City of Helotes, Texas.

"Backgrounder: Helotes Cornyval".

"The Handbook of Texas Online: Helotes, TX".

"City of Helotes: General Information".

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