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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,255 km² (1,257 mi²). 3,229 km² (1,247 mi²) of it is land and 25 km² (10 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.78% water.
Bexar County was created on December 20December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining. Events 1803 Louisiana Purchase completed 1860 South Carolina becomes first state to secede from the United States 1915 Last Australian t, 1836Events January Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of TexasAlternative use: Republic of Texas (group The Republic of Texas was a shortlived country roughly corresponding to the present day state of Texas in the United States of America. The northern boundaries with the United States were defined by the Adams-Onis, including the disputed areas of western New Mexico northward to Wyoming. After statehood, 128 counties were carved out of its area.
The county gets its name from San Antonio de Béxar, one the twenty-three municipalitiesA municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. Municipalities are not necessa (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar — originally Villa of San Fernando de Béxar — was the first civil government established in the Spanish province of Texas . Specifically, the municipality was created in 1731Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. Births May 8 Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, abolitionist (died 1809) June 21 Martha Washington October 10 Henry Cavendish, Engl when fifty-five Canary Islanders settled near the system of missions that had been established around the source of the San Antonio River . The new settlement was named after the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, the Spanish military outpost that protected the missions. The presidio, located at the San Pedro Springs , was founded in 1718 and named for Viceroy Balthasar Manuel de Zúñiga y Guzmán Sotomayor y Sarmiento, second son of the Duke of Bexar (a city in Spain).