AboutDEL VALLE, TEXAS. Del Valle is on the Colorado River seven miles southeast of Austin in southeasternTravis County. It was established in the mid-1870s and named for its location on Santiago Del Valle's landgrant. A post office opened at Del Valle in 1878 with William Givens as postmaster. By the mid-1880s thecommunity had three churches, a school, a steam gristmill, a general store, two cotton gins, and fiftyresidents; grain and cotton were the primary crops shipped by area farmers. By 1900 the populationhad grown to seventy-five. Del Valle was the focus of a common-school district, which in 1907 had aone-teacher school for nine white students and a one-teacher school for 108 black students. Del Valle washurt by the onset of the Great Depression, as the population fell from an estimated 150 in 1927 totwenty-five in the early 1930s. Children from the area attended schools in the Colorado and HornsbyDunlap districts. However, the construction of Del Valle Army Air Field (later known as Bergstrom AirForce Base) in 1942 brought a small increase in population as new support services moved into the area.The community had 125 residents by the mid-1940s and 200 residents by the mid-1950s. The Coloradoschool district was renamed Del Valle in 1962, and the Del Valle community became the center of a largeindependent school district in 1963. Population estimates for Del Valle remained at 300 from the early1970s through 1990, although the number of businesses in the community increased from twelve in 1970to thirty-five in 1990. By 2000 the population had grown to 2,476 with 158 businesses.

Austin–BergstromInternational Airportor ABIA is a Class Cinternational airportlocated in Del Valle,

Texas and serving the Greater Austin

metropolitan area, the34th-largest

metropolitan area inthe United States.

Located about 5 miles(8 km) southeast ofDowntown Austin, it

covers 4,242 acres andhas two runways and

three helipads.

Del Valle

Texas

Del Valle

EducationDel Valle is served by the Del ValleIndependent School District.Residents are zoned to Del ValleElementary School, Del ValleMiddle School, and Del Valle HighSchool. The East Travis GatewayLibrary District operates the ElroyLibrary and the Garfield Librarynear Del Valle. Del Valle ISDGraduation Rate: 93.6%

Regional InformationDel Valle is a suburb of Austin. Del Valle islocated 7 miles (11 km) southeast ofDowntown Austin. It is an unincorporatedarea in southeastern Travis County, Texas,United States. It has no local governmentof its own and no official boundaries. ButAustin has annexed portions, including thesite of Austin-Bergstrom InternationalAirport in 1990. After that, most recentlyin 2013, the city added more Del Valleterritory to the east (8 to 13 miles southeastof downtown Austin).