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Welcome to Heafer ...

Heafer is located on the South Texas Plains.

Heafer is located in Bexar County<1>.

Heafer is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Heafer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Heafer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Heafer - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Heafer.

Communities near Heafer ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heafer.

  • San Antonio
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Helotes
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kirby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alamo Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Windcrest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Windcrest is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windcrest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
  • Terrell Hills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Terrell Hills is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,451 people
  • Sandy Oaks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
  • Castle Hills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Shavano Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Shavano Park is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,024 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Heafer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heafer.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heafer. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heafer.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Heafer. See our Newspapers Page for Heafer.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heafer ...

Looking for more information about Heafer? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Heafer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Heafer.

Adding Heafer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Heafer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Heafer was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heafer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bexar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heafer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.