Burns (TX)

In 1849, a group of German colonists from settled on the northern side of the River Sibolo Creek - a place that the colonists gave the name Tusculum, was about one and a half kilometers west of the current location of the city. Three years later, in 1852, Gustav Theissen and John James founded a settlement, which they named Bern (Burne), in honor of the German writer and publicist Ludwig Berne (1786-1837). In 1856 a post office appeared in Bern. By 1859, there were 10 houses in the settlement ^[2] .

In 1862, Kendall County was formed, and Bern was chosen as the administrative center of the new district ^[3] . The first Kendall County courthouse was built in 1870, and it served until the 1990s. By 1884, about 250 inhabitants lived in Bern, there were five hotels in it. The basis of the local economy was tourism and cotton . In addition, the construction of the , which was commissioned by 1887, contributed to population growth. In 1890, the population of Bern was already about 900 people ^[2] .

In 1909, Bern received city status. In 1914, about 950 people lived in Bern, and by 1928 the city’s population had grown to two thousand. As a result of the Great Depression, incomes from tourism and cotton production have sharply decreased, and the city’s population has almost halved - according to the 1930 census, 1,117 people lived in the city. Repeated population growth occurred in the 1950s, when many working in San Antonio began to use Bern as a “sleeping area”. By 1960, the population of Bern reached 2169 people. The population continued to grow in the following decades ^[2] , exceeding ten thousand by 2010 ^[1] .

According to the 2010 population census, 10 471 people lived in Bern, including 4085 households.

Racial composition:

• 90.3% white
• 0.6% black and black
• 0.4% Native Americans
• 0.8% Asian
• 6.1% other races
• 1.7% belonging to two or more races

The proportion of Hispanics and Hispanics of any race was 22.7% .

Age distribution: 25.6% are under 18 years old (of which 6.9% are under 5 years old), 57.4% are from 18 to 64 years old, and 17.0% are 65 years old or older. The average age is 38.4 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males (that is, 52.7% females and 47.3% males) ^[4] .

Bern is located in the , in the southern part of Kendall County, about 40 km northwest of San Antonio . Through the city flows - a tributary of the San Antonio River ^[5] .

According to the Köppen climate classification , the climate of Bern belongs to the type Cfa - a humid subtropical climate ^[6] .

Most schools in the city belong to the . Among the high schools in the city are and , as well as the Boerne Academy ^{[8] [9]} .

• Car post
  • Major highways crossing Bern:
    •   Interstate I-10 passes through the western tip of Bern from the southeast (from the side of San Antonio ) to the northwest, towards , Kervilla, and on to El Paso .
    •   Texas Highway 46 ( English State Highway 46 ) approaches Bern from the east (from New Braunfels ), and continues westward, connecting with Highway 16 of Texas in the .
• Air traffic
  • The city is the private airport of Boerne Stage Airport (or Boerne Stage Airfield ). There are no regular passenger flights from this airport, mainly pilots training and servicing of private jets are conducted there ^[10] .
  • The nearest airport with regular passenger service is San Antonio International Airport, about 40 km southeast of Bern ^[11] .

• United States Geographic Names Information System: Boerne (English)