Kyote is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 34 in 2000. It is located within the San Antonio metropolitan area.

History

The Kyote post office opened in 1927. Postmaster William D. Rogers named it after the area's

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population. This alternate spelling was chosen due to a similarly named community elsewhere in Texas, although the other place was spelled Cayote. The post office closed in 1935; by this point, the community also had one business and ten residents. The population spiked to fifty in 1951 after oil was discovered nearby. A 1964 county highway map showed a few scattered houses at the northern edge of the oilfield, but in 1984, it was still listed on county maps, but there were no buildings at the site. Its population stabilized at around twenty-five from the 1960s through the 1990s and was reported as thirty-four in 2000.

Geography

Kyote is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 173 and

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in the western part of the county, near the

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line.

Education

Kyote had its own school in 1935. Today, the community is served by the

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References

Unincorporated communities in Atascosa County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{AtascosaCountyTX-geo-stub