McMullen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the wealthiest county in TexasAs of the 2010 census, its population was 707, making it the fifth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Tilden. The county was established from parts of Bexar County, Atascosa County, and Live Oak County in 1858 and later organized in 1877. It is named for John McMullen, founder of a colony in Texas.
Atascosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,911. Its county seat is Jourdanton. The county was formed in 1856 from Bexar County and is named for the Atascosa River.
Jourdanton is a city in and the county seat of Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,871 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Mayor is Robert "Doc" Williams. The City Manager is Lamar Schulz. The Police Chief is Eric Kaiser. The Volunteer Fire Chief is Jay Fojtik.
Pleasanton is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,934 at the 2010 census. Pleasanton's official motto is "The City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks." It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lytle is a city in Atascosa, Bexar, and Medina counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,492 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The 98,000-acre (400 km2) refuge is located almost entirely in Cameron County, Texas, although a very small part of its northernmost point extends into southern Willacy County. The Peregrine Fund began reintroducing captive-bred northern aplomado falcons to the refuge in 1985, which had been nearly extirpated from the Southwestern United States; today, it is home to 40 pairs. Nine other endangered or threatened species inhabit the refuge, such as the Texas ocelot and Gulf Coast jaguarundi, rare wild cats. Programs at the refuge include vegetation and wetland restoration.
Area codes 210 and 726 are North American telephone area codes for numbers in and near San Antonio, Texas. They are enclave area codes, similar to area code 312 in Chicago, area code 316 in Wichita, Kansas, area codes 385/801 in Salt Lake City, Utah & 412/878 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in that it is completely surrounded by area code 830.
State Highway 80 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs 83 miles (134 km) from Karnes City to San Marcos.
Procambarus nueces, sometimes called the Nueces crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Atascosa River in Atascosa County, Texas. It was described from four individuals, and only two further individuals have been found since.
USS Atascosa (AO-66) was an Atascosa-class fleet oiler acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. She had the dangerous task of supplying fuel and ammunition to ships in and near, combat areas in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The Alamo Colleges District is a network of five community colleges in San Antonio and Universal City, Texas (USA), and serving the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. The district was founded in 1978 as the San Antonio Community College District before adopting the Alamo name in 1982.
Atascosa is an unincorporated community located in Southwest Bexar County, Texas, United States. Atascosa is 14 miles southwest of Downtown San Antonio. It is located between Von Ormy and Lytle off I-35. It is often confused with nearby Atascosa County. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Campbellton is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. An Irish immigrant, John F. Campbell, began the community in the 1860s by promoting settlement in the area. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 350 in 2000.
Leming is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 946. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although it is unincorporated, Leming has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78050.
The Atascosa Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It is sandwiched between the larger Tumacacori Mountains to the north, and a small east-west border range to the south, the Pajarito Mountains; the Pajaritos are on the U.S.-Mexico border and abut the Sierra La Esmeralda range in northern Sonora.
The Pajarito Mountains are a small mountain range of western Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The range is adjacent the Atascosa Mountains at its north, with both ranges in the center of a north-south sequence of ranges called the Tumacacori Highlands. The Highlands have the Tumacacori Mountains at the north, and south of the U.S.-Mexico border, the Sierra La Esmeralda range,. The Tumacacori Highlands are part of a regional conservancy study of 'travel corridors' for cats, called Cuatro Gatos, Four Cats, for mountain lions, ocelot, bobcat, and jaguar.
Atascosa glareosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Atascosa. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872 and is known from the southern part of the United States, including Texas.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Atascosa County, Texas.
