Bigfoot

History

The area was first settled around 1865 and was originally called Connally's Store, named after Bob Connally. By 1880, D.T. Winters had set up a cotton gin and gristmill in the area. When James Connally established a post office in 1883, he named the community Bigfoot, in honor of Texas Ranger William A.A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, a well-known local resident. A Baptist church was formed during the 1880s, and by 1890, the town had a general store and around 25 residents. A public school was founded in the 1890s, and had three teachers and 105 students by 1907. Much of the business district was destroyed by a fire in 1903. In the 1940s, Bigfoot featured a church, a school, several businesses, and scattered homes. The local school was merged with the one in Devine, Texas in 1949. The community expanded again in the 1950s with the development of the nearby Bigfoot oilfield. Currently, Bigfoot still has a post office, a couple of businesses, and three churches. The town is also home to the Bigfoot Wallace Museum—an exact replica of William A.A. “Bigfoot” Wallace's home.

Geography

Bigfoot is located in the northeast corner of Frio County. It is bordered to the north by Medina County and to the east by Atascosa County. Texas State Highway 173 passes through the northeastern part of the CDP, leading northwest to Devine and southeast to Jourdanton. Downtown San Antonio is to the north, and Pearsall, the Frio County seat, is to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bigfoot CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Southern Caracara

  Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
  160
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  159
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  152
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  149
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  142
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  137
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  118
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

  Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  115

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2026-09-10
  22 km E of Dilley, Texas
• M 2.6 — 2026-09-03
  12 km SW of Falls City, Texas
• M 2.8 — 2026-09-01
  12 km SW of Falls City, Texas
• M 3.6 — 2026-09-01
  12 km SW of Falls City, Texas
• M 2.5 — 2026-08-13
  13 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
• M 2.5 — 2026-08-03
  13 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas