Olmos Park, Texas

Olmos Park is an enclave city located within San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,237 at the 2010 census.GovernmentRonald Hornberger is Mayor of the City of Olmos Park. He was declared elected at the March 17, 2016 Olmos Park City Council meeting and is serving a term of two years.HistoryOlmos Park was developed in the 1920s as an exclusive suburb of San Antonio, which completely surrounds it. The city occupied the site where Camp John Wise was built in 1917. Camp John Wise was a US Army balloonist training site. The camp shut down in 1919 when the balloonist training was moved to nearby Brooks Field.Sometimes confused with the City of Olmos Park, Olmos Park Terrace, was developed by the same developer a few years later in the 1930s as part of his larger Olmos District development and borders Olmos Park's western edge. Olmos Park Terrace was designated a San Antonio Historic District on Oct. 4, 2007 by Ord. 2007-10-04-1070.GeographyOlmos Park is located 4 miles north of Downtown San Antonio.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6sqmi, all land. It is an enclave of San Antonio, as it is completely bounded by the city.US Route 281 is a north-south highway through the community.