Born and raised in pastoral Fredericksburg, I was originally wary of the idea of change- but change is inevitable.
There is now everything here a person could wish for – from a once small unheard of spot in the road when I was young to what is now one of the top ten destinations in Texas.
 What continues to make Fredericksburg a great place to live is the balanced way it has grown. We still have the small family cafes where you know everybody in the place, and the beauty of its rural setting, but now we also have many fine restaurants with fine wine lists and hundreds of Bed & Breakfasts.
Living in Fredericksburg offers the best of both worlds – all the amenities and good schools, but with beautiful, unspoiled surroundings.
Some Random Stats:
Population (year 2000): 8,911
Estimated population in July 2005: 10,432 (+17% change)
Males: 3,999 (44.9%)
Females: 4,912 (55.1%)
Races in Fredericksburg:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.7%)
- Hispanic (17.0%)
- Other race (5.1%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
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American Indian (0.7%)
Houses: 4,096 ( 2,565 owner occupied, 1,147 renter occupied)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fredericksburg:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO (about 52 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Full-time enrollment: 14,495)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE-SAN ANTONIO (about 58 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,303)
- ST MARYS UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,588)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (about 62 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,734)
- SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE (about 62 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 11,226)
- TRINITY UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,474)
- OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO (about 64 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,312)
Public high schools in Fredericksburg:
- FREDERICKSBURG H S (Students: 989; Location: 1107 HWY 16 S; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ALTER SCH (Students: 8; Location: 1110 S ADAMS; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Fredericksburg:
- FREDERICKSBURG EL (Students: 869; Location: 1608 N ADAMS; Grades: 01 - 05)
- FREDERICKSBURG MIDDLE (Students: 623; Location: 110 W TRAVIS ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FREDERICKSBURG PRIMARY SCHOOL (Students: 268; Location: 1110 S ADAMS ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Private primary/middle schools in Fredericksburg:
- ST MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 365; Location: 202 SOUTH ORANGE; Grades: PK - 8)
- THE HERITAGE FAMILY SCHOOL (Students: 85; Location: PO BOX 1217; Grades: KG - 11)
- KINDERNEST MONTESSORI SCHOOL O (Students: 63; Location: 113 EAST SAN ANTONIO STREET; Grades: PK - KG)
- FREDERICKSBURG CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 31; Location: 1208 NORTH MILAM STREET; Grades: KG - 11)
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Selling Your Home >Locating A Buyer
Listing your home with our agency gives you the advantage of having a team of experts apply themselves to the task of finding you a buyer as quickly as possible. In the process, we try to arrange showing appointments that are convenient to both parties, but it does not always work out that way.
Last-minute appointments are sometimes necessary because buyers who are relocating from other areas are often on tight schedules. This can be annoying to sellers unless they understand the nature of the real estate agent's job. When selling homes, we sometimes have to rely on our intuition. Many sales have been consummated as the result of last-minute appointments.
The prospective buyer who is on a very short house hunting trip may need a house now! In this kind of situation, the real estate agent can make things can happen fast! So when the phone rings at the last-minute, keep in mind that the appointment represents an opportunity for the sale.
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New York's Chrysler Building, designed by architect William Van Alen in 1930, was one of the first buildings composed of stainless steel over a large surface area.
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