Official Name: | Hindes, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hindes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atascosa |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 390 |
Coordinates: | 28.7169°N -98.7903°W |
Area Code: | 830 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1379937 |
Hindes is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 14 from 1974 through 2000. It is located within the San Antonio metropolitan area.
The transmitter for local radio station KSAH-FM is located in Hindes.[1]
Hindes is located just east of Texas State Highway 95, 4miles away from the Frio County line in southwestern Atascosa County.[2]
The first school in Hindes opened in 1912 and had six classrooms. It had 88 students and three teachers in 1934.[2] Today the community is served by the Charlotte Independent School District.