| LC control no. | n 79054641 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | San Antonio (Tex.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Texas--San Antonio |
| Variant(s) | Béxar (Mexico) Béxar (Tex.) San Antonio de Béjar (Mexico) San Antonio de Béjar (Tex.) San Antonio de Béxar (Mexico) San Antonio de Béxar (Tex.) San Fernando de Béjar (Tex.) Villa Capital de San Fernando (Tex.) Villa de San Fernando (Tex.) |
| Other standard no. | Q975 E39PCjF4TCyRPK3H97Dm99BJQq 153426020 4726206 7014453 0000000403984914 a6f7157a-bfab-49e8-a22b-240ade4552ca 1205169 1380951 |
| Beginning date | 1718 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Bexar County (Tex.) |
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| Found in | Encycl. Americana, 1975 (San Antonio; Tex.: Spanish expedition discovered the San Antonio River on June 13,1691 near a Couhuiltecan Indian village Yanaguana [no publs. in LC]; they named the site San Antonio de Padua [no publs. in LC]; no permanent settlement was made until 1718 a town, Villa de Béjar (later called Béxar) [no publs. in LC], a fort, Presidio de Béjar [no publs. in LC], and the Mission San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo) were est. San Fernando de Béjar, was located a little west of Presidio de Béjar; by 1791 the three settlements, San Fernando de Béjar, Villa de Béjar, and Mission San Antonio de Valero had come to be considered as one, San Antonio de Béjar. Texas became a republic in 1836 and San Antonio was incorporated June 5, 1837; in 1845 Texas was admitted to the Union) Encycl. Brit., 1977 (San Antonio; Texas: f. 5/1/1718 on the site of a Coahuiltecan Indian village by a Spanish military expedition; in 1731 settlers from the Canary Islands laid out a town near the Spanish presidio (garrison), and together with the Mission San Antonio de Valero (also est. 1718 across the river) it became known as San Antonio de Béjar (Béxar)) Its Ayuntamiento. Troubles in Texas, 1832: p. 1 (Béxar, as San Antonio was known in 1832) Columbia encyclopedia, 1963 (San Antonio; mission, San Antonio de Valero, and presidio, San Antonio de Béjar or Béxar founded in 1718; San Antonio was most important Texas settlement in Spanish and Mexican days) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 29°25ʹ27ʺN 098°29ʹ37ʺW) Wikipedia, February 14, 2023 (San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in Bexar County, Texas; the seat of Bexar County) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-tx |
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