Guadalupe

Formed March 1, 1846 (44^th county)

Guadalupe County (172,709), Seguin (29,428), Schertz (42,000)

The limestone Art Deco courthouse, located at the intersection of United States 90 and Texas State Highway 123, was built in 1935.  L. M. Wirtz and A. W. Harris designed the building.  Two courthouses have served Guadalupe County since its March 1, 1846 founding, both in Seguin, the last being an 1858 version.  The building was restored in 2016.  A Justice Center was added in 2010.  The county was cut from Bexar County as the 44^th county.  Guadalupe County got its name from the Guadalupe River which was named for Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe.  Seguin is named for Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, a Texas revolutionary. 

Guadalupe County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners.  Two District Court Judges serve Guadalupe, Colorado, Gonzales, and Lavaca counties, One District Court Judge serves Guadalupe, Comal, and Hays counties, and Three County Court Judges serve Guadalupe County.  The county is just east of San Antonio, Texas in south central Texas.  Austin, Texas is north and Houston, Texas is east of the county.  The Guadalupe River flows through the heart of the county from northwest to southeast.  The county center is in Seguin 3.9 miles Northwest of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Hays, Caldwell, Gonzales, Wilson, Bexar, and Comal counties. 

The area of the county is 711 square miles.  It is 213 out of 254 in the state.  It ranks 27 out of 254 in population in the state.  It has a density of 242.9 persons per square mile making it 28 out of 254 in the state.  Guadalupe County has 71.8% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 10 goes east to west from Caldwell County to Bexar County.  Interstate Highway 35 tips the northwest corner from Comal County to Bexar County.  United States Highway 90 parallels Interstate Highway 10 from Caldwell County into Bexar County.  United States Highway 90 Alternate enters from Gonzales County on the east and terminates in Guadalupe County.  The county is a 45-degree delta shape and Seguin is slightly south of the county center.  Schertz is on the southwest border of the county and extends into Bexar and Comal counties.  Seguin is the county seat and Schertz is the largest city.  Seguin is 17.0% of the county population while Schertz is 24.3% of the county population.  The expanding metropolitan area of San Antonio has crept into the northwest corner of the county.  The county is pronounced GWA-DA-LOO-PAE.  The county seat is pronounced SE-GEEN.  This county is in the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.