Staples is a city in northeastern Guadalupe County, Texas, United States.

In an election held on May 10, 2008, its residents voted to incorporate the community as a city.

[3][4] The population is approximately 220[5] and it is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Eddie Daffern, an organizer of the incorporation effort, was elected unopposed as Mayor.

Texas State Highway 130 runs through the southern part of Staples, providing a new freeway route between Austin, 41 miles (66 km) to the north, and San Antonio, 56 miles (90 km) to the southwest.