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History

Castle Hills like many other cities enjoyed a simple beginning. The area was originally settled by a handful of families in the early 1920's attracted by the plentiful water supply provided by the Olmos Creek. Many of these first families of Castle Hills were tied to the oil industry. Perhaps most notable, the Slimp Family, whose house was set atop a hill for which the city was named. The town quickly grew into a cohesive, thriving community. In fact, the development of some of today's thoroughfares and public facilities was provided through the generosity of its early citizens.

As the community grew, the residents pulled together to find ways to serve the areas's growing needs. The result was the subsequent formation of the "Castle Hills Improvement League".

In response to rapid postwar northward expansion by the City of San Antonio, the decision was made to take steps to incorporate the community. It's boundaries were defined by exsisting streets and railroad tracks. A problem arose when, based on technicalities, San Antonio declared the initial incorporation efforts null and void and proceeded to attempt to annex the City of Castle Hills. Mr. Ralph Brite, an attorney, eventually was able to resolve the dispute and the City of Castle Hills finally became incorporated in 1951. The city's first elected Council Members were: Adolf Dolch, Jim Sierdevan, Jimmy Hanning, Harold Grist, Leslie Dunn and Leonard Yeckel as their first Mayor.

Also, after incorporation, a group of citizens formed the Castle Hills Volunteer Fire Department. They started out with nothing except a strong desire to make their fire department the best that it could be. With much hard work, a self imposed tax, and various fund raising efforts. credited in large part to the Woman's Club, the department was able to buy it's first fire truck.

The city has undergone many changes since it's incorporation in 1951. Castle Hills has manged to evlove and develop at a comfortable pace. Most of the property in Castle Hills remains private residential property, with large lots, and abundance of trees, superior education and public leadership, all of which exemplify the best of small city government.

"The sucess of the development and growth of our City cannot be credited to any one person. Each person who has served the City, each resident that has lived here has contributed to our sucess in one way or another.

-Leonard Yeckel ...First Mayor of Castle Hills