Atascosa County, Texas, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Atascosa County lies south of San Antonio in the Rio Grande Plain region of Texas. Jourdanton is the county seat, and Pleasanton is another principal community. The county’s level to rolling terrain includes grasslands, thorny brush and farmland, with mesquite and oak among its characteristic trees. Created from Bexar County in 1856, it developed an economy rooted in cattle ranching and agriculture, alongside oil, gas and other mineral resources.