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Lytle is a city in Atascosa, Bexar, and Medina counties in Texas, United States. The population was 2,914 at the 2020 census . It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Cowboys at the XIT Ranch in 1891. The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of land, it ran for 200 miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km).
Benton City Institute was an important early educational institution in the area, and its ruins are the only remaining building in town. It was built in 1875, [6] established in 1876, [7] and originally called the Benton City Normal Institute, operating under a Texas law distributing state funds to supplement private tuition, but owned and operated by educators.
In 1874, Captain John T. Lytle left his ranch in Medina County, Texas, with Tom M. McDaniel, according to Gary and Margaret Kraisinger, "to deliver 3,500 head of aged steers to the Red Cloud Indian Agency in unpopulated western Nebraska. Lytle had a government contract with the newly established agency and needed to establish a new route.
Atascosa County (/ ˌ æ t ə s ˈ k oʊ s ə / AT-əs-KOH-sə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Jourdanton. [2] As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 48,981. [3] [4] Atascosa County is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area.
Lytle Independent School District is a public school district based in Lytle, Texas . Located in extreme northwest Atascosa County , a small portion of the district extends into Medina County . In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable " by the Texas Education Agency .
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State Highway 132 (SH 132) is a 12.71-mile (20.45 km) state highway in Medina, Atascosa, and Bexar counties in Texas, United States, that is a northwestern loop off of Interstate 35 (I-35) and runs through Devine, Natalia, and Lytle. It follows a former alignment of U.S. Ruote 81 (US 81), which was bypassed by the parallel I-35.