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Kenedy is a city in Karnes County, Texas, United States, named for Mifflin Kenedy, who bought 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) and wanted to develop a new town that would carry his name. The population was 3,473 at the 2020 census, up from 3,296 at the 2010 census.

Kenedy Independent School District is a public school district based in Kenedy, Texas (USA). The district has three campuses - Kenedy High (Grades 9–12), Kenedy Middle (Grades 6–8), and Kenedy Elementary (Grades PK–5). In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

KAML (990 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a Spanish contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Kenedy-Karnes City, Texas, it serves the San Antonio area. KGBC's Texas sister stations with SIGA Broadcasting include KTMR (1130 AM, Converse), KLVL (1480 AM, Pasadena), KGBC (1540 AM, Galveston), KHFX (1140 AM, Cleburne), and KFJZ (870 AM, Fort Worth). 990 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency.

Choate, Texas is an unincorporated community in Karnes County, Texas, approximately 10 miles from Kenedy.

Monteola is an unincorporated community in Bee County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Beeville micropolitan area.

Karnes City is a city in and the county seat of Karnes County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,111 at the 2020 census, up from 3,042 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Henry Karnes of the Texas Revolution. Karnes is 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Floresville and 54 miles (87 km) southeast of San Antonio on U.S. Highway 181.

Tulsita is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 31 at the 2020 census.

Caesar is an unincorporated community in Bee County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Beeville micropolitan area.

Karnes County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,710. Its county seat is Karnes City. The county is named for Henry Karnes, a soldier in the Texas Revolution. The former San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway passed through Karnes County in its connection linking San Antonio with Corpus Christi.

Pettus Secondary School is a public middle school and public high school situated in Pettus, Texas (USA) and is classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Pettus Independent School District located in northern Bee County and southern Karnes County. As the sole comprehensive middle and high school in its district, its attendance boundary includes Pettus, Normanna, Tuleta, and Tulsita. During 2022–2023, Pettus Secondary School had an enrollment of 221 students and a student to teacher ratio of 10.36. The school received an overall rating of "B" from the Texas Education Agency for the 2021–2022 school year.

Pettus is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 449 at the 2020 census.

Helena is a ghost town in Texas, approximately 70 mi (110 km) southeast of San Antonio in Karnes County. The seat of Karnes County from 1854 to 1894, Helena was once known as the self-proclaimed "toughest town on earth" in the mid-19th century. It was named for the second wife of Dr. Lewis S. Owings, Helen M. Owings née Swisher. The town was the birthplace of the so-called "Helena Duel", in which the left hands of two opponents are tied together with buckskin and each fighter is given a knife with a three-inch blade – too short to reach a vital organ or cause a single fatal stab. After the combatants are whirled around a few times, they slash away at each other until one bleeds to death from the accumulation of cuts and stabs. Crowds of spectators would view this gory, gruesome spectacle and place bets on the outcome. Helena is a ghost town allegedly because of the vendetta that Colonel William G. Butler (1831–1912), a powerful rancher, had against the town he blamed for the death of his son, Emmett Butler, who had been killed by a stray bullet from a saloon brawl on December 26, 1884. A few days later, Colonel Butler went to Helena with group of cowhands and demanded to know who had shot his son and found that none of the townspeople was willing to tell the truth. Enraged, Colonel Butler reportedly shouted: "All right! For that I'll kill the town that killed my son!" Following through on his threat, Butler, a veteran of the American Civil War, arranged for the tracks of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to be built 7 mi (11 km) away from Helena. Then, in a bitterly contested election in 1894 the county seat was moved from Helena to Karnes City. Helena quickly died.