San Antonio / South Central
Wilson County, Texas
A porch-side guide to the county: the stories that give it a shape, practical local checks, and a few things worth knowing before they surprise you. Every note points to its source.
3 stories · 6 practical · 2 good to know
The practical part
Wilson County offices and deadlines
Appraisal district & tax office →
The Comptroller's official directory for Wilson County: who sets your value and who sends the bill.
Homestead exemption →
File Form 50-114 with the appraisal district. It is free. The regular deadline is April 30, and late filing is allowed for up to two years.
Protest your appraisal →
The usual deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your notice arrives, whichever is later.
Estimate a tax bill →
Model a bill from local rates, the homestead exemption, and the appraisal cap.
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A little of what makes this place itself
Wilson County · Local Identity
Floresville's peanut nickname became an official Texas title in 2023
A crop planted around 1915 grew into a 1938 festival and, much later, the official Peanut Capital of Texas designation.
Wilson County · Mineral Rights
An oil-well dot does not show who owns the minerals
Texas allows surface and mineral ownership to split; the RRC map shows wells, not the ownership written into deeds and leases.
Wilson County · County History
Wilson County moved its seat until Floresville finally held it
Created in 1860 and named for Mier Expedition veteran James Charles Wilson, the county spent years deciding where its courthouse belonged.
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- Stories & local character History & Culture Floresville's peanut nickname became an official Texas title in 2023 A crop planted around 1915 grew into a 1938 festival and, much later, the official Peanut Capital of Texas designation.
- Practical Outdoors A 171-acre public-hunting unit sits beside US 181 near Floresville TPWD's Highway 181 Unit offers seasonal permit access, while county wildlife biologists give landowners free habitat guidance.
- Stories & local character Home & Property An oil-well dot does not show who owns the minerals Texas allows surface and mineral ownership to split; the RRC map shows wells, not the ownership written into deeds and leases.
- Practical Money & Taxes Each Wilson County parcel carries its own tax-unit stack The countywide directory is not a parcel's bill; a property record shows the school, city, county, and special units tied to that address.
- Good to know Cars & Driving Six inches of fast water can take control away from a driver TxDOT's rule is plain: never enter a flooded road, and use DriveTexas plus local notices to find a different route.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Wilson County moved its seat until Floresville finally held it Created in 1860 and named for Mier Expedition veteran James Charles Wilson, the county spent years deciding where its courthouse belonged.
- Practical Home & Property Every new Wilson County well starts with Evergreen paperwork Register before drilling; a well that can produce more than 25,000 gallons a day generally follows the production-permit path too.
- Practical Money & Taxes Your Wilson County Homestead Form Goes to WCAD A qualifying main home gets $140,000 removed from its value for school taxes. File the application with Wilson County Appraisal District, not the tax office.
- Good to know Home & Property Wilson County's FEMA maps became effective in July 2023 A building-level map check can change the loan, insurance question, and county development path for a Wilson County tract.
- Practical Money & Taxes A Wilson County tax question may belong to one of two offices WCAD appraises property and handles exemptions and protests; the tax office sends bills and takes payments.
- Practical Money & Taxes Wilson County ag appraisal follows the land's real use Qualifying land may be valued for what it can produce, but acreage and a few animals do not prove the required use history or effort.
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