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Boerne (/ ˈ b ɜːr n i / BURN-ee) [3] [4] is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, [5] in the Texas Hill Country.Boerne is known for its German-Texan history, named in honor of German author and satirist Ludwig Börne by the German Founders of the town. [6]
The limestone Kendall County Courthouse and Jail are located in the San Antonio suburb of Boerne in the U.S. state of Texas.They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 [2] and the courthouse as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1970.
After the discovery, Jim Horn from San Antonio purchased the property to open it as a commercial venture. The show cave received its name after its official opening in 1939, [2] as verified by a newspaper article that hangs in the cave's gift shop, in a state-wide contest held in 1940. A young boy suggested that the cave "was too beautiful to ...
Its county seat is Boerne. [2] The county is named for George Wilkins Kendall, a journalist and Mexican–American War correspondent. Kendall County is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels, TX metropolitan statistical area. Progressive Farmer rated Kendall County fifth in its list of the "Best Places to Live in Rural America" in 2006.
September 1921 San Antonio floods (51 San Antonio deaths) 1932 July 1-2 32.4-35.6" Guadalupe River Basin Flood 1935 June 9-15 12.59" The "Great Flood" 1937 May 31 5.94" Destroyed Cascade Dam [14] 1946 September 26 9.45" 6 San Antonio deaths 1952 September 9-11 13.63" Central Texas Flood 1965 May 18 10.26" Unnamed flood 1972 May 11-12 31.65"-38"
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 83: Maverick Building: Maverick Building: January 24, 1995 : 606 N. Presa: San Antonio: Part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 84