Schertz, Texas Schertz, Texas Schertz City Hall Schertz City Hall City of Schertz, Texas City of Schertz, Texas Schertz (/ rts/ shurts) is a town/city in Guadalupe, Bexar, and Comal counties in the U.S.
State of Texas, inside the San Antonio New Braunfels urbane area.
Schertz is the third-largest town/city in the San Antonio-New Braunfels urbane region and the biggest city of the Randolph Metrocom, which consists of metros/cities surrounding the Randolph Air Force Base.
In addition to Schertz, other Randolph Metrocom communities include Live Oak, Kirby, Converse, Marion, Cibolo, Universal City, Windcrest, Garden Ridge, and Selma.
In five years, from 2000 2005, the city's populace jumped from 18,694 to 26,463.
Some of the families on the immediate territory surrounding Schertz were the Boettigers, Schertzs, Schneiders, Seilers, Maskes, and Mergeles.
Members of the Schertz family still reside in the city.
The first name of Schertz was "Cibolo Pit", then "Cut Off", thus titled because when Cibolo Creek flooded, the settlement was cut off.
In 1870, the first gin was assembled by the Schertz family.
The territory for the school was donated by Adolph Schertz.
In 1876, one of the biggest boosts to Schertz came when the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad was assembled through the town.
The rockcrusher was at one time positioned in Cibolo Creek athwart from the enhance utilities of the town/city of Schertz.
Randolph Field (now Randolph Air Force Base) was a boon to Schertz in the late 1920s.
All of this boosted the economy not only for Schertz and the encircling communities but also for the areas of New Braunfels, Seguin, and San Antonio.
Schertz businesses and people organized a fire department, and the first company meeting of the Schertz Fire Department was February 8, 1956.
A combination fire station and town/city hall were built, and the Schertz library is now in this building.
Schertz was incorporated as a town/city by the state of Texas in 1958.
The initial center of Schertz is positioned in Guadalupe County at 29 33 21 N 98 16 22 W. City Hall, positioned at 1400 Schertz Parkway, is also in Guadalupe County.
Large tracts of the town/city now extend north into Comal County and south into Bexar County.
Cibolo Creek, forming the boundary between Guadalupe and Bexar counties, runs through the town/city just south of the historic downtown.
Schertz is bordered by Cibolo to the east, a narrow strip of San Antonio to the south along Interstate 10, Converse and Randolph AFB to the southwest, Universal City and Selma to the west, Garden Ridge to the north, and New Braunfels to the northeast.
I-35 runs 19 miles (31 km) southeast to downtown San Antonio and 6 miles (10 km) from the northeastern town/city limits to the center of New Braunfels.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Schertz has a total region of 28.6 square miles (74.0 km2), of which 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2) is territory and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 0.63%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
A large number of Schertz's populace is connected with the military due to the existence of adjoining Randolph Air Force Base and close-by Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Air Force Base, which can result in some degree of populace turnover due to the transient nature of military service.
The Schertz Sweetheart Pageant is held in May to select the city's ambassadors to region parades and festivals.
The Schertz Fourth of July Jubilee, one of the biggest parades and celebrations in Central and South Texas, salutes the men and women who serve in the United States Armed Forces.
The annual Schertz - Fest in late September features performers, food, beverages, and more in a salute to the beginning of the City of Schertz.
Schertz City departments, businesses, and civic and improve groups participate in the annual Trunk or Treat celebration at Pickrell Park on October 31.
The town/city of Schertz is a member of the Alamo Area Council of Governments.
Area school systems that cover the town/city include: Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District Comal Independent School District (all parts of Schertz in Comal County) Schools serving this portion include Garden Ridge Elementary School in Garden Ridge, Canyon Middle School in New Braunfels, and Canyon High School in New Braunfels. Colton Haynes - actor and model, graduated from high school in Schertz In 2007, CNNMoney.com rated Schertz one of the best places to live in the United States. In Texas, Schertz was ranked #1; nationwide it came in at #40.
Safewise, a home security business and website, used FBI Crime Report statistics from 2013 and rated Schertz one of the "50 Safest Cities in Texas." It was #28 in 2013 and #36 in 2015.
In recent years, Schertz has turn into a prime locale for recording movies in the San Antonio area.
US Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic map series, Schertz quadrangle, 2013.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Schertz city, Texas".
"Schertz Municipal Boundary 2016-07-08." Municipalities and communities of Bexar County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Comal County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Guadalupe County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Bexar County, Texas - Cities in Comal County, Texas - Populated places established in 1843 - Cities in Guadalupe County, Texas - Cities in Texas - San Antonio urbane region - German communities in the United States - 1843 establishments in the Republic of Texas
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