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San Antonio was founded by Spanish settlers in 1718 and is the oldest municipality in Texas, celebrating its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018; it was named for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day fell on the day a Spanish expedition reached the area in 1691.

San Antonio became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731, and it is the county seat of Bexar County.

San Antonio is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous in Texas, with 1,434,625 residents in the 2020 Census and an estimated 1,548,422 by 2025.

San Antonio has about 554,581 households averaging 2.62 persons each, and just over half of its homes, 52.2%, are owner-occupied, with a median home value of about $235,700.

The Alamo began in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero, and it became world-famous as the site of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.

San Antonio's five Spanish colonial missions, the Alamo plus the four missions of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 5, 2015, the first World Heritage Site in Texas.

The San Antonio River Walk winds through downtown along the San Antonio River, and the Mission Reach extension completed in 2013 gave the river more than 15 miles of connected trails.

Known as 'Alamo City', 'River City' and 'Military City USA', San Antonio has more than 240 parks, including Brackenridge Park, established in 1899 across 343 acres and home to the San Antonio Zoo (founded in 1914) and the Japanese Tea Garden.

The University of Texas at San Antonio is the city's largest university, Trinity University dates to 1869, and St. Mary's University, founded in 1852, is the oldest Catholic university in Texas; Texas A&M University-San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio are also based here.

Ronald Reagan High School in the North East Independent School District enrolls nearly 3,400 students, making it one of the largest high schools in the San Antonio area.