Hindes is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Atascosa County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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.
According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 14 from 1974 through 2000. It is located within the
San Antonio
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
metropolitan area.
The transmitter for local radio station
KSAH-FM
KSAH-FM (104.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Pearsall, Texas, and serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. KSAH-FM and sister station KSAH 720 AM simulcast a classic regional Mexican radio format, specializing in norteĆ ...
is located in Hindes.
Radio-Locator.com/KSAH-1-FB
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Geography
Hindes is located just east of Texas State Highway 95, away from the Frio County line in southwestern Atascosa County.
Education
The first school in Hindes opened in 1912 and had six classrooms. It had 88 students and three teachers in 1934.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Atascosa County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas