Del Valle ( ) is an

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and part of the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is founded upon the 19th-century

Santiago Del Valle Santiago del Valle was a Mexican hacendado and government official for Coahuila y Tejas (Coahuila and Texas) during the Texas Revolution. Del Valle obtained a land grant from the Mexican government, which led to the founding of Galveston, Texas a ...

leagues, the largest granted

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. It is an

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in southeastern

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, United States. It has no local government of its own and no official boundaries. But Austin has annexed portions, including the site of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 1990. After that, most recently in 2013, the city added more Del Valle territory to the east (8 to 13 miles southeast of downtown Austin). Recent industrial developments include those by Tesla, which has received significant tax relief from Del Valle Independent School District, rated at $60 million. The 2010 census estimated a population of 17,139. Del Valle is located southeast of

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. Retrieved on May 10, 2011. It is located at (30.21, -97.65) with an elevation of 482 feet.

History

In 1812,

Santiago del Valle Santiago del Valle was a Mexican hacendado and government official for Coahuila y Tejas (Coahuila and Texas) during the Texas Revolution. Del Valle obtained a land grant from the Mexican government, which led to the founding of Galveston, Texas a ...

settled in the hills of Central Texas in a piece of land given to him by the Spanish Government as a land grant.A History of Del Valle
." Del Valle Independent School District. Retrieved on May 10, 2011. The community of Del Valle, established in the mid-1870s, was named after the land grant. In 1878 a post office opened. By the mid-1880s Del Valle, with 50 residents, also had three churches, two

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s, one general store, one steam

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, and one school. The primary crops shipped by farmers in the Del Valle area were cotton and grain. By 1900 Del Valle had 75 residents. About 150 people lived in Del Valle in 1927. The

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hampered the community, which had 25 residents in the early 1930s. In 1942 the Del Valle Army Air Base opened (later renamed

Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base (1942–1993) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years it was a major base for the U.S. Air Force's RF-4C reconnaissance fighter fleet. History Bergstrom was originally activated on ...

), leading to an increase in the area population. In the mid-1940s Del Valle had 125 residents. In the mid-1950s Del Valle had 200 residents. In 1907 the area common school district had two schools. Throughout much of its history Del Valle was served by the Colorado Common School District Number 36 and the Hornsby-Dunlap Common School District. In April 1963 the school district was renamed Del Valle Independent #910. From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, Del Valle's population estimates hovered around 300. The military base was closed in 1993, to be re-opened as

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in 1999 which brought growth to Del Valle and Southeast Austin.

Services

Tesla factory

Education

Del Valle is served by the Del Valle Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Del Valle Elementary School, Del Valle Middle School, and Del Valle High School. The East Travis Gateway Library District operates the

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Library and the

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Library near Del Valle.

Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

or ABIA (IATA: AUS, ICAO: KAUS, FAA LID: AUS, formerly BSM) is a Class C international airport located in

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, United States (the capital of Texas), and serving the Greater Austin metropolitan area, the 34th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Downtown Austin, it covers 4,242 acres (1,717 ha) and has two runways and three helipads. It is on the site of what was Bergstrom Air Force Base. The airport and Air Force base were named after Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, an officer who served with the 19th Bombardment Group. The airport replaced Robert Mueller Municipal Airport as Austin's main airport. AUS Airport

Circuit of the Americas

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(COTA) is a unidirectional, grade 1 FIA specification 3.427-mile (5.515 km) motor racing facility located in Elroy, on the southeastern periphery of Del Valle limits, in Central Texas. COTA plays host to the

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. The circuit also hosts the Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the Road Racing World Championship, commonly known as

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and

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's Texas Grand Prix. It previously hosted the Australian V8 Supercars series, the

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, the American Le Mans Series, and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2013 as well as the

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Austin360 Amphitheater

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Parks and recreation

* Southeast Metropolitan Park * Barkley Meadows Park * Richard Moya Park

References

External links

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