Castroville
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city in Medina County, Texas, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Castroville is referenced by 189 other articles, and connects out to San Antonio, African Americans and 2020 United States Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map in TX.
Vinony files it under 1844 establishments in the Republic of Texas, Cities in Medina County, Texas and Cities in Texas.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Medina
- Incorporated
- January 16, 1850
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City council
- Mayor J Darrin Schroeder
- City manager
- R Scott Dixon
- Total
- 2.92 sq mi (7.55 km )
- Land
- 2.88 sq mi (7.46 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 771 ft (235 m)
- Density
- 1,030/sq mi (396/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 78009, 78023
- Fips code
- 48-13312
- Website
- www .castrovilletx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Castroville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Medina County
- Population
- 2954
- Area
- 7.056655
- Elevation
- 231
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Castroville city hall 2013.jpg
- Households
- 1113
- Dialing code
- 830
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- water as percent of area
- 1.254
- inception
- 1844-00-00
- Commons category
- Castroville, Texas
- twinned administrative body
- Ensisheim
- P8168
- Sandy Neilson
- per capita income
- 28376
- postal code
- 78009
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Encyclopedic overview
Castroville is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,954 at the 2020 census, up from 2,680 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels, Texas Greater San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Castroville was founded by Alsatian-Texans, who came to Texas From Alsace France during a high emigration period of the mid-1800s. Most Alsace Alsatians who came to Castroville came due to economic hardships in the French region and many of them spoke Alsatian dialect Alsatian (a dialect of Germanic origin integrating Celtic, Yiddish, and French words). Alsatians were still though despite their unique blended heritage, French. The Alsatian culture and language are still kept alive by the residents of Castroville. Prior to 1893, Castroville was the first county seat of Medina County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castroville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.