New Braunfels, Texas

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The city of New Braunfels is primarily located in Comal County and is the county seat. A portion of New Braunfels extends into Guadalupe County.

New Braunfels is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: New Braunfels lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of New Braunfels, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, New Braunfels had a population of 36,494 people^<2> (or 46.34% of the total population of Comal County). The population of New Braunfels represented 0.18% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 62nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, New Braunfels had a population of 53,547 people. This is an increase of 46.73% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for New Braunfels.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cibolo	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	14,555	379.57% increase
	Converse	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	17,510	52.16% increase
	Garden Ridge	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,205	70.3% increase
	Live Oak	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	13,142	43.53% increase
	Marion	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,152	4.82% increase
	San Marcos	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	52,927	52.38% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for New Braunfels.

Websites for New Braunfels

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) New Braunfels. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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