Terrell Hills, Texas

Terrell Hills, Texas
City
Location of Terrell Hills, Texas
Coordinates: 29°28′48″N 98°26′47″W / 29.48000°N 98.44639°W / 29.48000; -98.44639Coordinates: 29°28′48″N 98°26′47″W / 29.48000°N 98.44639°W / 29.48000; -98.44639
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Bexar
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• City Council	Mayor Anne Ballantyne Charles W. Parish, Jr William W. Ochse III Marilyn Eldridge John Low
• City Manager	Columbus Stutes
Area
• Total	1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Land	1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	801 ft (244 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,878
• Density	2,974/sq mi (1,148.4/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	78209
Area code(s)	210, 726 (planned)
FIPS code	48-72296[1]
GNIS feature ID	1348382[2]
Website	terrell-hills.com

Terrell Hills is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States; it is located 5 miles (8 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio. As of the 2010 census Terrell Hills had a population of 4,878.^[3] It is part of a group of three cities — Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and Olmos Park — located between Uptown San Antonio, Midtown San Antonio, Downtown San Antonio, and Fort Sam Houston (a U.S. Army post). Terrell Hills is bordered on the west by Alamo Heights, on the east by Fort Sam Houston, on the north by Uptown San Antonio, and on the south by San Antonio's Near East Side. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community is named after Dr. Frederick Terrell, a local bank president who had served as mayor of San Antonio in 1901. Development of the community began in 1919, when Dr. Terrell sold 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) of property to a private association called the Terrell Hills Community. This organization managed the community until 1939, when it incorporated as a municipality. In 1945, the City of San Antonio attempted to annex the new municipality without permitting an election in either Terrell Hills or San Antonio, but Terrell Hills successfully sued to block the annexation. Twelve years later, in 1957, the community adopted a home rule charter.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.2 km²), none of which is covered with water.^[3]

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, the city had a resident population of 5,019 persons, with a corresponding population density of 1,167.4/km² (3,032.6/sq mi). Of this population, 95.40% identified themselves as White, 0.52% as African American, 0.16% as Native American, 0.22% as Asian, 0.02% as Pacific Islander, 2.39% as "some other race", and 1.30% as belonging to two or more races. In addition, 11.68% of the population identified themselves as being of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin of any race.

There were a total of 2,011 housing units in the city, 1,913 of which were occupied and consequently counted as census households; the city had no group quarters. Of these 1,913 households, 1,410 (73.7%) were classified as family households; 36.6% of these families included the householder’s own minor children (that is, children less than 18 years old). Of the total households, 32.6% were married-couple families with their own minor children, 31.9% were married-couple families without their own minor children, 3.8% were families headed by a female householder with no husband present but with the householder's own minor children present, and 3.4% were families headed by a female householder with only relatives other than her husband or minor children present. Finally, 12.3% of households consisted of a single individual living alone of more than 65 years of age and 10.4% of a single individual living alone of less than 65 years of age; 3.6% were other non-family households. The average household size was 2.62 persons and the average family size was 3.09 persons.

Persons under 18 years of age comprised 28.2% of the city's population; those aged 18 to 24, 3.7%; 25 to 44, 25.0%; 45 to 64, 26.1%; and those over 65 years of age, 17.1%. The median age was 42 years. Out of all age groups, there were 88.3 males for every 100 females; out of all those of at least 18 years of age, there were 85.7 males for every 100 females.

The median household income for the city was $79,295, and the median family income was $86,636. The median income for individual male year-round workers was $61,743; for like females, it was $40,956. Per capita income was $45,134. The Census Bureau classified 4.7% of the city's population, and 3.2% of its families, as living below the poverty line. In terms of age, 6.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.4% of those over the age of 65 were living below the poverty line. The median home price in 2005 in Terrell Hills was $583,500.

Notable people

San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt

1994 Academy Award winning actor Tommy Lee Jones

Grammy winning singer-songwriter Christopher Cross

1996 NBA Slam Dunk Champion and TNT basketball analyst Brent Barry

1989 Naismith College Player of the Year Award winner Danny Ferry

Cameroonian and University of Texas basketball player Alexis Wangmene

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford

President and COO of H-E-B Grocery Company Craig Boyan

Former Chairman President, and CEO of Tesoro Corporation Bruce Smith

Education

Most residents are zoned to the Alamo Heights Independent School District.^[6] Howard Early Childhood Center in San Antonio,^[7] Woodridge Elementary School in San Antonio,^[8][9] Alamo Heights Junior High School in San Antonio,^[10] and Alamo Heights High School in Alamo Heights serve Terrell Hills.^[11]

A small portion of Terrell Hills is served by the North East Independent School District.^[6] The portion is served by Wilshire Elementary School,^[12] Garner Middle School,^[13] and MacArthur High School, all in San Antonio.^[14]

References

• Terrell Hills, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

External links

• City of Terrell Hills official website
• A Guide to the City of Terrell Hills, Texas Records, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries (UTSA Libraries) Special Collections.

Municipalities and communities of Bexar County, Texas, United States
County seat: San Antonio
Cities	Alamo Heights Balcones Heights Castle Hills Cibolo‡ Converse Elmendorf‡ Fair Oaks Ranch‡ Grey Forest Helotes Hill Country Village Kirby Leon Valley Live Oak Lytle‡ Olmos Park San Antonio‡ Sandy Oaks Schertz‡ Selma‡ Shavano Park Somerset Terrell Hills Universal City‡ Von Ormy Windcrest
Towns	China Grove Hollywood Park St. Hedwig
CDPs	Cross Mountain Lackland AFB Macdona Randolph AFB Scenic Oaks Timberwood Park
Other unincorporated communities	Adkins Atascosa Leon Springs Losoya Martinez Savannah Heights Sayers
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties