Buena Vista is an

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, in the

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. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

History

The area in what is known as Buena Vista was first settled sometime before 1900. It had several houses and a store in the mid-1930s.

Geography

Buena Vista is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1937 and Blue Wing Road, southeast of Downtown

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in southeastern Bexar County.

Education

In the mid-1930s, Buena Vista had a school with five teachers for students in first through eighth grades until it joined the

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in the early 1950s. The community continues to be served by the Southside ISD today.

References

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