unincorporated community
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Texas
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, United States. It is part of the
San Antonio
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Bandera Falls started as a residential community in 1966 and had 10 houses. By 1990, it was listed as a community, but without census figures. The population was estimated to be 90 in 2009.
Geography
Bandera Creek is a residential subdivision, located several miles (one dozen km) south of
Bandera
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to:
Places
* Bandera County, Texas, U.S.
** Bandera, Texas, its county seat
*** Bandera High School
** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass
** Bandera Pass, a mountain pa ...
Medina River
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, just north of its outlet into Medina Lake, one of the largest bodies of water in
South Texas
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.
Education
The
Bandera Independent School District
Bandera Independent School District is a public school district based in Bandera, Texas (USA). In addition to Bandera, the district also serves the communities of Lakehills, Bandera Falls, Pipe Creek, and Tarpley.
Finances
As of the 2010 ...
serves area students. The closest school is Hill Country Elementary, about to the north in Pipe Creek.
Notable person
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Joseph Gutheinz
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, retired
NASA
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worker who has investigated
stolen and missing Moon rocks
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