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San Antonio is a major city in south-central Texas with a rich colonial heritage. The Alamo, an 18th-century Spanish mission preserved as a museum, marks an infamous 1836 battle for Texan independence from Mexico. Following the San Antonio River, the miles-long River Walk is a landmark pedestrian promenade lined with cafes and shops. HemisFair Park&rsquo;s 750-ft. Tower of the Americas overlooks the city.

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Alamo Heights is a premier neighborhood in central San Antonio, featuring great restaurants, top-rated public schools, close proximity to downtown, and countless other amenities. &nbsp;The city maintains its own police, fire, and sanitation departments which runs its own government dedicated to the excellence of these city services. All this leads to feeling a sense of security and well being that residents take comfort in.&nbsp; As far as shopping goes, Alamo Heights is Speckled with couture boutiques, beadwork shops, quirky specialty shops, and designer showrooms, Alamo Heights&rsquo; main road (Broadway) offers a haven of exclusive shopping amenities. &nbsp;It is full of character and charm. Ranging from small, charming cottages, to massive, luxurious Mediterranean manors, many of the homes have been either newly constructed or lovingly restored.&nbsp; Long known as a top-notch school district, people are willing to pay a premium to live in a home within the Alamo Heights ISD district lines. Only 4.5 miles from downtown San Antonio and surrounded by major highways, Alamo Heights&rsquo; central location has been luring homebuyers for years. Easily accessible and close to major amenities such as the airport, museums, business centers, and even Fort Sam Houston, Alamo Heights meets the needs of a vast array of families!
Alamo Heights is located at&nbsp;29&deg;28&prime;58&Prime;N&nbsp;98&deg;28&prime;2&Prime;W&nbsp;(29.482881, -98.467271).&nbsp;It is bordered by the following neighborhoods: Lincoln Heights to the north, Olmos Park to the west, Brackenridge Park and Fort Sam Houston to the south, and Terrell Hills to the east. All of them are districts within San Antonio except for&nbsp;Terrell Hills&nbsp;and&nbsp;Olmos Park, both independent municipalities similarly to Alamo Heights. Alamo Heights is about 3 miles (5&nbsp;km) south of the&nbsp;San Antonio International Airport&nbsp;and 5 miles (8&nbsp;km) north of downtown San Antonio, both of which are accessible via Broadway and&nbsp;U.S. 281 North.
According to the&nbsp;United States Census Bureau, Alamo Heights has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8&nbsp;km2), all of it land. As of the&nbsp;2000 U.S. Census, there were 7,319 people, 3,197 households, and 1,819 families residing in this city. The&nbsp;population density&nbsp;was 3,964.9 people per square mile (1,527.5/km2). There were 3,460 housing units at an average density of 1,874.4 per square mile (722.1/km2). The racial makeup of this town was 93.80%&nbsp;White, 0.56%&nbsp;African American, 0.33%&nbsp;Native American, 0.85%&nbsp;Asian, 0.01%&nbsp;Pacific Islander, 2.81% from&nbsp;other races, and 1.64% from two or more races.&nbsp;Hispanic&nbsp;or&nbsp;Latino&nbsp;of any race were 13.55% of the population.

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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. It is part of a group of three cities &mdash; Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and Olmos Park &mdash; 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&nbsp;bank&nbsp;president who had served as&nbsp;mayor&nbsp;of San Antonio in 1901. Development of the community began in 1919, when Dr. Terrell sold 22.5 acres (9.1&nbsp;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&nbsp;annex&nbsp;the new municipality without permitting an&nbsp;election&nbsp;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

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