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Physical Features: Upper Coastal Plains; mostly sandy soils, some heavier; San Antonio River, Cibolo Creek.

Economy: Agribusiness, oil and gas, commuters to San Antonio; part of San Antonio metropolitan area.

History: Coahuiltecan Indians in area when Spanish began ranching around 1750. Anglo-American settlers arrived in the 1840s. Germans, Polish settled in the 1850s. County created from Bexar, Karnes counties and organized in 1860; named for James C. Wilson, a member of the Mier Expedition.

Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 56.5; Black, 1.9; Hispanic, 40.2; Asian, 0.7; Other, 1.1; Two or more races, 1.4.

Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 562; deaths, 410; marriages, 266; divorces, 157.

Recreation: Rancho de las Cabras mission ranch ruins, historic homes; Stockdale watermelon jubilee in June; Floresville peanut festival in October.

Minerals: Oil, gas, clays.

Agriculture: Cattle, corn, sorghum, hay, cotton. Market value $68.6 million.

FLORESVILLE (7,927) county seat; government/services, distribution, retail trade; hospital; parks.

Other towns include: La Vernia (1,387); Pandora (110); Poth (2,332) agriculture, commuting to San Antonio; bicycle ride in September; Stockdale (1,687) agriculture, commuting to San Antonio, museum, nature center, watermelon jubilee in June; Sutherland Springs (420). Part of Nixon (2,503, mostly in Gonzales County).

Wildflowers near Calaveras. Photo by Robert Plocheck.