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Where to Stay in Kirby, Texas
Kirby is a city in Bexar County, Texas, an enclave of San Antonio named for a railroad yard and known as the Hobo Capital of Texas.
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Where to stay in Kirby
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Kirby is a suburban enclave of San Antonio with four neighbourhoods. Old Town, between Old Seguin Road and FM 78, is where Kirby's first homes were built and where Kirby City Hall, the old post office, and the fire department stood. Kirby Manor sits between Old Seguin Road, Ackerman Road, and Binz Engleman Road.
Its houses date from the 1950s and 1960s, and it lies close to the police station on Ackerman Road. Springfield Manor, the newest and westernmost section, holds the Astronaut Streets. Kirby Terrace faces Hopkins Elementary.
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Old Town
Old Town is where Kirby's first homes were built, between Old Seguin Road and FM 78.Find hotels in Old Townthe Astronaut Streets of Springfield Manor, Kirby's newest sectionSpringfield Manor
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About Kirby
Kirby is known as the Hobo Capital of Texas.
What is Kirby known for?
The name came from the Southern Pacific railroad that crossed the town and the drifters it brought, and from 2008 the city held a hobo festival each May, with a parade and the crowning of a hobo king and queen, until officials cancelled it in 2019. Kirby is also a major producer of pecans, which grow naturally in its soil and crop between September and November.
What are the main landmarks in Kirby?
Kirby City Hall stands on Bauman Street. The municipal court shares it, and the police department and the new fire station are on Ackerman Road. Two city parks lie along Binz Engleman Road, separated by Ackerman Road, with baseball fields on the western side and a full range of recreation on the eastern.
Rosillo Creek, Kirby's main stream, once watered the farms before running on to Salado Creek.
What is the history of Kirby?
German immigrants founded Kirby as a farming community in the early 1900s and named it after the Kirby yard of the Southern Pacific Railroad that crossed the town. In 1920 it counted about 18 people, most of them farmers, and German was widely spoken. In the 1950s families settled in Kirby to commute to Randolph Air Force Base.
Kirby incorporated in 1955. A drought that began in 1957 lasted two years and broke many farms, so the farmers sold their land to the city, which built homes and roads on it and turned Kirby into a suburb. In 2007 officials took up the old nickname, Hobo Capital of Texas.
Where is Kirby?
Kirby lies in Bexar County, Texas, an enclave of San Antonio within its metropolitan area. It covers about 4.9 square kilometres. Old Seguin Road, Ackerman Road, and FM 78 run through the city, and Springfield Road marks its western side.
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What is the best area to stay in Kirby?
Old Town: the first streets of Kirby, between Old Seguin Road and FM 78. Springfield Manor: the Astronaut Streets of Springfield Manor, Kirby's newest section.
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Updated October 2026