Official Name: | Thelma, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Thelma |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bexar |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 574 |
Coordinates: | 29.2142°N -98.5017°W |
Area Code: | 210 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380654 |
Thelma is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 45 in 2000. It is located within the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area.
Established around the turn of the twentieth century, and with a post-office built in 1906, Thelma became a station on the an Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad in 1912. In the 1940s, the community had four dairies. After World War II, the town's population declined. [1]
Thelma is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway Loop 1604 and the Southern Pacific Railroad, 15miles south of Downtown San Antonio in southern Bexar County.[1]
Thelma is served by the Southside Independent School District.