Fort Clark Springs is a community in Kinney County, Texas, home to about 1,048 people across 3.0 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 78832.
Homes sold for a median of $101 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Population1,048353 per sq mi
Median home value$67,000Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$101Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Mostly Brackettville; part is in Fort Clark Springs
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Around Fort Clark Springs
Distances
Nearest major airport
San Antonio International Airport (SAT)118 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
San Antonio, TX114 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Fort Clark Springs; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Fort Clark Springs had 1,215 residents in the 2020 census, down 1% since 2010.
It’s the 996th largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Kinney County grew from 2,447 residents in 1900 to 3,129 in 2020.
Kinney County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 97°F in summer, and winter lows average 38°F. About 24.5 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 0 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Brackettville, TX weather station (about a mile away).
Jobs in Kinney County
353 jobs at 28 businesses in Kinney County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2022 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
3 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Fort Clark Springs.
Nearest hospitals
Val Verde Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Del Rio29.1 miles
Uvalde Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Uvalde39.7 miles
Fort Duncan Medical CenterGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Eagle Pass41.3 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
1
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
2
Pharmacies
1
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Fort Clark Springs
Parks (3 nearby)
Parade Ground · 7 acres0.5 mi
Parade Ground · 4 acres0.4 mi
Rendesvouz Park · 2 acres0.3 mi
Libraries (1 nearby)
Kinney County Public Library0.1 mi
Museums (1 nearby)
Fort Clark Guardhouse0.4 mi
Theaters and performance venues (1 nearby)
Old Quarry Ampitheater0.4 mi
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Brackett ISD. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(3)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Jones Elementary/Intermediate SchoolBrackettville
Pre-K–5
244
Public
0.5 mi
Brackett J HBrackettville
6–8
112
Public
0.5 mi
Brackett H SBrackettville
9–12
165
Public
0.5 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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