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The seat of Medina County, Hondo is located 41 miles west of San Antonio, halfway to Uvalde on US 90 near Hondo Creek.Hondo was incorporated on May 14, 1942. That year Hondo Army Airfield was built on 3,675 acres of land. The base was shut down in 1946, but civilian contract flight training and pilot screening programs for Air Force cadets continue operations; the town owns the base. In July 1971 Hondo became the location of a radar weather station. In 1989 the community had 200 businesses. The population in 1980 was 6,057, and in 1990 it was 6,081.
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