The county seat, it lies in the Texas Hill Country, a part of the Edwards Plateau located at the crossroads of the central, southern, and western parts of the state,[4] The population was 829 at the 2020 census.

[6] Bandera was founded in 1855 by Polish Roman Catholic immigrants from the Province of Silesia.

[7]: 22, 23  They built St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, and many local residents are descended from them.

[8] Bandera was a staging area on the Great Western Cattle Trail, during the second half of the 19th century.

[10] Throughout its history the dance hall hosted Bob Wills, Doug Sahm, Ernest Tubb, and others.

[13] Bandera hosts a three-day Cowboy Mardi Gras that attracts over 15 thousand people from all over the world to the town of 829 residents.

[5] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 829 people, 240 households, and 118 families residing in the city.