Olmos Park, Texas
| Olmos Park, Texas | |
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| City | |
 Location of Olmos Park, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 29°28′30″N 98°29′17″W / 29.47500°N 98.48806°WCoordinates: 29°28′30″N 98°29′17″W / 29.47500°N 98.48806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bexar |
| Incorporated | May 1939 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ronald Hornberger |
| • City Council | Juliana Dusek Casey Fry Kenyon McDonald Sharon Plant Deb Prost |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| • Land | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 807 ft (246 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,237 |
| • Density | 3,700/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 78212 |
| Area code(s) | 210, 726 (planned) |
| FIPS code | 48-53988 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1343270 |
| ANSI Code | 2411315 |
| Website | http://www.olmospark.org/ |
Olmos Park is an enclave city located within San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,237 at the 2010 census.
Ronald Hornberger is Mayor of the City of Olmos Park. He was declared elected at the March 17, 2016 Olmos Park City Council meeting and is serving a term of two years.[1]
Olmos Park was developed in the 1920s as an exclusive suburb of San Antonio, which completely surrounds it. The city occupied the site where Camp John Wise was built in 1917. Camp John Wise was a US Army balloonist training site. The camp shut down in 1919 when the balloonist training was moved to nearby Brooks Field.
Sometimes confused with the City of Olmos Park, Olmos Park Terrace, was developed by the same developer a few years later in the 1930s as part of his larger Olmos District development and borders Olmos Park's western edge. Olmos Park Terrace was designated a San Antonio Historic District on Oct. 4, 2007 by Ord. 2007-10-04-1070.
Olmos Park is located 4 miles north of Downtown San Antonio.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6-square-mile (1.6 km2), all land. It is an enclave of San Antonio, as it is completely bounded by the city.
US Route 281 is a north-south highway through the community.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,343 people, 1,043 households, and 616 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,860.1 people per square mile (1,483.0/km²). There were 1,131 housing units at an average density of 1,863.3/sq mi (715.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.60% White, 2.09% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 2.30% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.60% of the population.
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