Uvalde, Texas
Uvalde is a city in the South Central Texas hill and brush country, roughly 77 miles southwest of San Antonio, where the Hill Country grades into the Rio Grande plains. It sits near the Nueces, Frio, and Sabinal rivers and has long served as a trade and ranching center for the surrounding agricultural region, an area associated with cattle, sheep, goats, and honey production. John Nance Garner, who served as Vice President of the United States, made his home in Uvalde, and his house is preserved as a museum.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 15,455
- Change from 2020 base
- +1.6%
- Land area
- 7.7 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Uvalde County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Uvalde County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Uvalde
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Uvalde.
County History
Uvalde County was established in 1856
Uvalde County was carved from Bexar County in 1856 and named its seat after a Spanish colonial governor.
Property Tax
Two offices handle property taxes here
Property value gets argued at one Uvalde office and your registration sticker comes from another, and mixing them up costs you a trip across town.
Military History
Fort Inge protected this region in the 1800s
Fort Inge was a U.S. Army frontier post on the Leona River that helped open Uvalde County to settlement.
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