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Alamo Heights

Alamo Heights, Texas
City
Location of Alamo Heights, Texas
Location of Alamo Heights, Texas
Coordinates: 29°28′58″N 98°28′2″W / 29.48278°N 98.46722°W / 29.48278; -98.46722Coordinates: 29°28′58″N 98°28′2″W / 29.48278°N 98.46722°W / 29.48278; -98.46722
Country United StatesUnited States
State TexasTexas
County Bexar
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • City Council Mayor Louis Cooper
Bobby Hasslocher
Bobby Rosenthal
Fred Prassel
Lynda Billa Burke
John Savage
 • City Manager Mark Browne
Area
 • Total 1.9 sq mi (4.8 km2)
 • Land 1.9 sq mi (4.8 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 801 ft (244 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 7,031
 • Estimate (2013) 7,547
 • Density 3,818/sq mi (1,474.3/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 78209
Area code(s) 210, 726 (planned)
FIPS code 48-01600
GNIS feature ID 1329300
Website www.alamoheightstx.gov

Alamo Heights is an incorporated city that is surrounded by the city of San Antonio in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Alamo Heights was 7,031. It is part of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. A portion of the University of the Incarnate Word is in Alamo Heights.

Alamo Heights is about 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown San Antonio, the urban core of the seventh largest city in America, and is completely surrounded by the city of San Antonio.

Alamo Heights is located at 29°28′58″N 98°28′2″W / 29.48278°N 98.46722°W / 29.48278; -98.46722 (29.482881, -98.467271). It is bordered by the following neighborhoods: Lincoln Heights to the north, Olmos Park to the west, Brackenridge Park and Fort Sam Houston to the south, and Terrell Hills to the east. All of them are districts within San Antonio except for Terrell Hills and Olmos Park, both independent cities like Alamo Heights. Alamo Heights is about 3 miles (5 km) south of the San Antonio International Airport and 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown San Antonio, both of which are accessible via Broadway and U.S. 281 North.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Alamo Heights has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km2), all of it land.


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