Bexar (now colloquially pronounced “Bear”) County and its environs was originally home to over 125 small independent Native American tribes of hunter-gatherers known collectively as the Coahuiltechans. Early History. A Saintly Name. read more
It is the 17th-most populous county in the nation and the fourth-most populated in Texas. Its county seat is San Antonio, the second-most populous city in Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States. Bexar County is included in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan statistical area. read more