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Also known as Boerne, Texas, Boerne, TX, Börne

city in and county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Texas
County
Kendall
Type
Council–manager
City council
Mayor Frank Ritchie Ty Wolosin Joe Bateman Quinten Scott Bret Bunker Joseph Macaluso
City manager
Ben Thatcher
Total
11.98 sq mi (31.02 km )
Land
11.67 sq mi (30.23 km )
Water
0.31 sq mi (0.79 km )
Elevation
1,447 ft (441 m)
Estimate 2021
19,109
Density
1,529/sq mi (590.5/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC-5 ( Central )
Zip codes
78006, 78015
Fips code
48-09160
Website
www .ci .boerne .tx .us

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
county seat
Official name
Boerne
Located in
Kendall County
Population
17850
Area
25.709828
Elevation
465
Capital of
Kendall County
Official website
www.ci.boerne.tx.us
Image
Kendall county courthouse.jpg
Households
5547
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IPA transcription
ˈbɜːrni
Commons category
Boerne, Texas
topic's main category
Category:Boerne, Texas
inception
1849-00-00
water as percent of area
3.0554
per capita income
36529
social media followers
22891
postal code
78015
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Encyclopedic overview

Boerne (/ˈbɜːrni/ BURN-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country. Founded in 1849 as Tusculum, German settlers changed its name to Boerne, in honor of author and satirist Ludwig Börne, when it was platted in 1852. Boerne is known for its German-Texan history. Its population was 10,471 at the 2010 census, and in 2020 the population was 17,850. The city is noted for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case City of Boerne v. Flores.

Boerne is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boerne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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