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HELOTES,
TEXAS
Bexar County,
South
Texas
State Highway 16
16 miles NW of Downtown San
Antonio
Population:
4285 (2000) 1,535 (1990)
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History in
a Corn Husk
Helotes is Spanish for a "green roasting ear of corn."
The first settlers were Mexicans who intermarried with the Apache
Indians in the mid 1850s. According to legend – the first settler
planted a cornfield here which may have resulted in the name. Another
version of the name is that San
Antonio could always rely on Helotes for corn - even during periods
of drought.
A post office opened at Helotes in 1873. In 1885 the town had a population
of 50 which increased to 700 by 1914. By 1945 it had fallen to only
100. In 1982 the population was still under 500.
Helotes Scenes:
Photos courtesy Stephen
Michaels |
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