Terrell Hills is a city in
Bexar County
Bexar County ( or ; ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county. Bexar County ...
,
Texas
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, United States; it is located northeast of
downtown San Antonio
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. As of the
2020 census Terrell Hills had a population of 5,045.
Description
The city is part of a group of three cities—Terrell Hills,
Alamo Heights
Alamo Heights is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, that is surrounded by the city of San Antonio. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Alamo Heights was 7,357. It is part of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. ...
, and
Olmos Park—located between
Uptown San Antonio,
Midtown San Antonio, Downtown San Antonio, and
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston is a United States Army, U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.
"Fort Sam Houston, TX • About Fort Sam Houston" (overview), US Army, 2007, webpageSH-Army. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam", it is named for the first president o ...
(a
U.S. Army
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post). Terrell Hills is bordered on the west by Alamo Heights, on the east by Fort Sam Houston, on the north by Uptown San Antonio, and on the south by San Antonio's Near East Side. It is part of the San Antonio
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community is named after Frederick Terrell, a local
bank
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president who had served as
mayor
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of San Antonio in 1901. Development of the community began in 1919, when Terrell sold of property to a private association called the Terrell Hills Community. This organization managed the community until 1939, when it incorporated as a municipality. In 1945, the City of San Antonio attempted to
annex
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the new municipality without permitting an
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
in either Terrell Hills or San Antonio, but Terrell Hills successfully sued to block the annexation.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 5,045 people, 1,695 households, and 1,314 families residing in the city.
As of the
census
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of 2000, the city had a resident population of 5,019 persons, with a corresponding
population density
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of 1,167.4/km
2 (3,032.6/sq mi). Of this population, 95.40% identified themselves as
White
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, 0.52% as
African American
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, 0.16% as
Native American, 0.22% as
Asian, 0.02% as
Pacific Islander
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, 2.39% as "some other race", and 1.30% as belonging to two or more races. In addition, 11.68% of the population identified themselves as being of
Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin of any race.
There were a total of 2,011
housing units
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in the city, 1,913 of which were occupied and consequently counted as
census households; the city had no
group quarters. Of these 1,913 households, 1,410 (73.7%) were classified as
family households; 36.6% of these families included the householder's own minor children (that is, children less than 18 years old). Of the total households, 32.6% were married-couple families with their own minor children, 31.9% were married-couple families without their own minor children, 3.8% were families headed by a female householder with no husband present but with the householder's own minor children present, and 3.4% were families headed by a female householder with only relatives other than her husband or minor children present. Finally, 12.3% of households consisted of a single individual living alone of more than 65 years of age and 10.4% of a single individual living alone of less than 65 years of age; 3.6% were other non-family households. The average household size was 2.62 persons and the average family size was 3.09 persons.
Persons under 18 years of age comprised 28.2% of the city's population; those aged 18 to 24, 3.7%; 25 to 44, 25.0%; 45 to 64, 26.1%; and those over 65 years of age, 17.1%. The median age was 42 years. Out of all age groups, there were 88.3 males for every 100 females; out of all those of at least 18 years of age, there were 85.7 males for every 100 females.
The median household income for the city was $79,295, and the median family income was $86,636. The median income for individual male year-round workers was $61,743; for like females, it was $40,956.
Per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $45,134. The Census Bureau classified 4.7% of the city's population, and 3.2% of its families, as living below the
poverty line
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. In terms of age, 6.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.4% of those over the age of 65 were living below the poverty line. The median home price in 2005 in Terrell Hills was $583,500.
Education
Most residents are zoned to the
Alamo Heights Independent School District.
Howard Early Childhood Center in
San Antonio
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, Woodridge Elementary School in San Antonio,
[Zoning Map]
." Alamo Heights Independent School District. Retrieved on March 24, 2010. Alamo Heights Junior High School in San Antonio, and
Alamo Heights High School
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in
Alamo Heights
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serve Terrell Hills.
A small portion of Terrell Hills is served by the
North East Independent School District
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.
[ The portion is served by:][Terrell Hills city, Texas]
" U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on August 26, 2016. Wilshire Elementary School, Garner Middle School, and MacArthur High School, all in San Antonio.[MacArthur High School]
Map. North East Independent School District
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. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.
Notable people
* Christopher Cross
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He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1979), and " Arthur's Theme (Best ...
, Grammy winning singer-songwriter
* Tommy Lee Jones
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, 1993 Academy Award-winning actor
See also
* List of municipalities in Texas
Texas is a U.S. state, state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, 29,145,505 (93.14%) of the 31,290,831 residents of Texas lived in a Municipal corporation, municipality in the 2024 estimate.
...
Notes
References
External links
*
*
A Guide to the City of Terrell Hills, Texas Records
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries (UTSA Libraries) Special Collections.
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Cities in Texas
Cities in Bexar County, Texas
Greater San Antonio
Populated places established in 1919