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Alamo Heights is an incorporated city that is surrounded by the city of San Antonio in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Alamo Heights was 7,357. It is part of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. A portion of the University of the Incarnate Word is in Alamo Heights.

Alamo Heights is about 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown San Antonio, the urban core of the seventh-largest city in America, and is almost completely surrounded by the city of San Antonio.

Alamo Heights city overview:
Name:	Alamo Heights city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Bexar County
Elevation:	801 ft (244 m)
Total Area:	1.84 sq mi (4.77 km²)
Land Area:	1.84 sq mi (4.77 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	7,357
Population Density:	4,678.98/sq mi (1,806.42/km²)
ZIP code:	78209
FIPS code:	4801600
GNISfeature ID:	1329300
Website:	www.alamoheightstx.gov

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History

The City of Alamo Heights was incorporated in 1922. Eventual growth to the north would happen later with the annexation of Bluebonnet Hills and Sylvan Hills in 1928 and 1944, respectively.

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Geography

Alamo Heights is located at 29°28′58″N 98°28′2″W / 29.48278°N 98.46722°W / 29.48278; -98.46722 (29.482881, –98.467271). It is bordered by the following neighborhoods: Lincoln Heights to the north, Olmos Park to the west, Brackenridge Park and Fort Sam Houston to the south, and Terrell Hills to the east. All of them are districts within San Antonio except for Terrell Hills and Olmos Park, both independent municipalities similarly to Alamo Heights. Alamo Heights is about 3 miles (5 km) south of the San Antonio International Airport and 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown San Antonio, both of which are accessible via Broadway and U.S. 281 North.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Alamo Heights has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km), all of it land.