Floresville Chamber - Demographics

Peanut in front of Courthouse

Population
2006 Population: 7250 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
2000–2006 Growth: 23.6%
Area: 4.75 square miles

Location
County: Wilson
Longitude: 98.15 W
Latitude: 29.13 N
Elevation: 389 ft.

Weather
Avg. January Temperatures: 64°F / 38°F
Avg. July Temperatures: 97°F / 73°F
Annual Precipitation: 29.4 in.
Growing Season: 280 days

Description
Floresville is a beautiful community located within 30 minutes of San Antonio, Texas. Its town square and tree-lined streets allow it to maintain its small town charm but yet utilize the advantages of the big city. The town is often referred to as a bedroom community, with a large percentage of its citizens commuting to San Antonio for employment. Wilson County is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Floresville is in the center of a number of major metropolitan areas that are only two to three hours away. The cities of San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Corpus Christi.

Sandy soils of the area are especially suited to the production of peanuts, and the town's biggest festival salutes the lowly legume during the second week of October. Wilson County produces some 30 million pounds of peanuts each year.

West of Floresville the San Antonio River winds through areas with vividly contrasting examples of land management. Some fields show the land's native appearance: thickets of mesquite, huisache, blackbrush, catclaw, and prickly pear cactus, with only scattered clumps of sparse grass. Other fields show the remarkable transformation when brush has been cleared, the land leveled and planted to superior grass. The soil that looked barren in the thickets produces luxuriant growths of grasses on which sleek cattle graze. Clearing, replanting, and a rigorous regiment of maintenance are expensive, but the result of such careful management has seen productivity increases of more than 600 percent.