Bandera, Texas
Bandera, Texas | |
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City | |
Downtown Bandera | |
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Flag Logo | |
| Nickname: "Cowboy Capital of the World" | |
Interactive map of Bandera, Texas | |
Bandera, Texas Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′32″N 99°04′27″W / 29.72556°N 99.07417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bandera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denise Griffin |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Land | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,247 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 829 |
| • Density | 778.3/sq mi (300.49/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 78003 |
| Area code | 830 |
| FIPS code | 48-05528 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409781 |
| Website | www |
Bandera (Spanish: "flag", /bænˈdɛrə/ ban-DERR-ə) is a city in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It was founded by Polish Catholic settlers from Silesia in the 1850's.The county seat, it lies in the Texas Hill Country, a part of the Edwards Plateau located at the crossroads of the central, southern, and western parts of the state, Its population was 829 at the 2020 census.
Bandera calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the World", a legacy dating to its days as a staging area for what is today known as Great Western Cattle Trail for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.