Nelson City is an

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in Kendall County,

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, United States. It is located between

Boerne Boerne ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country. Boerne is known for its German Texan, German-Texan history, named in honor of German author and satirist Ludwig Börne by the German Fo ...

and

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. While not recorded by the

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, it had an estimated population of 50 in 2010. It has never had a post office, and shares ZIP code 78006 with nearby Boerne.

History

The community was established by an area rancher, Edwin Nelson, for whom it is named. Nelson constructed a gas station and dance hall at the location in the late 1920s.

References

Greater San Antonio Unincorporated communities in Kendall County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{KendallCountyTX-geo-stub