County Overview

Holidays

County offices are closed on the holidays listed here for 2025.

The New Courthouse

The New Courthouse was completed in 1998. It houses most county offices, the 451st District Court, and district offices.

The Historic Courthouse

The Historic Courthouse was built in 1870 as a one-story, two-room building. The Courthouse took on its current look in 1909. The Historic Courthouse was completely restored in 2009/2010 using grant funds from the Texas Historical Commission. The rededication was held on Saturday, April 10, 2010. It houses the offices of the Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, County Commissioner Precinct 3, and the County Health Officer.

HISTORY OF KENDALL COUNTY FROM THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

By: Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl

  

Kendall County is in south central Texas, 170 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and is bordered by Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Bexar, Bandera, and Kerr counties. Boerne, the county seat, is on Cibolo Creek at the intersection of U.S. Highway 87 and Farm Road 475, thirty miles northwest of San Antonio. The county's center lies eleven miles north of Boerne at 29°57' north latitude and 98°43' west longitude. Kendall County comprises roughly 663 square miles of rolling to hilly terrain in the Edwards Plateau region, with elevations ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above sea level. 


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