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Cibolo is a fast-growing city in western Guadalupe County, Texas, extending into Bexar County, and its name comes from the Native American word for buffalo, taken from Cibolo Creek, which flows through the area.

The Cibolo area was settled mainly by German emigrants in the mid-1800s, and the community took off in 1876 when the Southern Pacific Railroad cut through on its route between Houston and San Antonio.

Cibolo residents voted to incorporate on October 9, 1965, when the town had fewer than 400 people, and for decades it remained a small farming community influenced by nearby Randolph Air Force Base and the growth of San Antonio.

Cibolo is one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas: its population rose from just 3,035 in 2000 to 15,349 in 2010 and 32,276 at the 2020 census, an increase of more than 700% in twenty years.

Census figures counted about 10,121 households in Cibolo in 2020, and more than 83% of its homes were owner-occupied, reflecting its popularity with families moving into the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area.

By 1890 the young community of Cibolo already had a church, a cotton gin and a general store serving about 100 residents, and its post office-era population was still only about 250 in 1940.

Cibolo's growth captured nearly 39% of all of Guadalupe County's population increase between 2000 and 2010, transforming it from a rural crossroads into one of the county's largest cities.

The city sits along Interstate 35 and Farm Road 78 in the corridor between San Antonio and New Braunfels, one of the fastest-developing stretches of South Central Texas.