Bexar, Texas

theater, the post office, a cotton gin, a dance hall, a cantina, and three churches. The Artesian Belt Railroad then passed by Bexar in 1909. Most of the area was integrated into nearby Somerset when it was established two miles east of the community along the railroad. Another railway spur was connected to the coal mine. Its economy shifted to oil production when it was discovered in Somerset by CC Kurtz in 1913 and became the largest oil-producing field in the world at the time. The community subsequently declined, when the general store closed, and all three churches were relocated to Somerset. There were three cemeteries and several scattered houses in Bexar in the late 2000s.^[2] The post office closed in 1907, with no population estimates. In the 1930s, the community had a church, a store, and a cemetery.^[3]

Farm to Market Road 2790 and Kinney Road, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Somerset and 18 mi (29 km) southwest of Downtown San Antonio in southwestern Bexar County.^[2]