Bandera, Texas
Bandera, Texas | |
|---|---|
City | |
Downtown Bandera | |
| Nickname: "Cowboy Capital of the World" | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′32″N 99°04′27″W / 29.72556°N 99.07417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bandera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kaylyn Huerta |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Land | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,247 ft (380 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 829 |
| • Density | 778.55/sq mi (300.49/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 78003 |
| Area code | 830 |
| FIPS code | 48-05528 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409781 |
| Website | www |
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Bandera (Spanish: "flag", /bænˈdɛrə/ ban-DERR-ə) is a town in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The county seat, it lies in the Texas Hill Country, a part of the Edwards Plateau located at the crossroads of the central, southern, and western parts of the state, Its population was 829 at the 2020 census.
Bandera calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the World", a legacy dating to its days as a staging area for what is today known as Great Western Cattle Trail for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.