Converse is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio.

Converse is on Farm to Market Road 1976, thirteen miles northeast of downtown San Antonio in northeastern Bexar County.

It was named for the chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Railroad, a Major Converse, who in 1877 bought a tract of land including the townsite.

In the 1980s, an influx of middle-class African Americans most of them first-time homeowners were attracted to developing communities northeast of San Antonio.

Today, Converse is a prime example of wealthy, Black suburbs in the U.S. [7] In 1990, the community had a population of 8,887, and in 1991 it had seventy-three businesses.

[8] In 2017, Converse proposed the annexation of 12 mi2 of territory near Randolph Air Force Base in northeastern Bexar County.

The Charles W. Anderson Loop highway around San Antonio passes along the eastern edge of Converse, separating it from Randolph Air Force Base.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.