Timberwood Park, TX

Timberwood Park names two overlapping places. The Census Bureau uses it for a 20.38-square-mile census-designated place in unincorporated northern Bexar County. The Timberwood Park Property Owners Association uses it more narrowly for the original 2,172-acre development of 3,263 platted lots inside that wider area. This distinction also matters when comparing the census counts: in 2010, the census counted 13,447 residents across 12.69 square miles; in 2020, it counted 35,217 across a larger boundary. Some of that change reflects geographic expansion as well as new residents. There is no Timberwood Park city government; Bexar County, special districts, utilities, and private associations divide responsibilities that an incorporated municipality might otherwise handle.

The original development took shape after a developer acquired former ranch tracts in 1976 and 1979. Its winding county roads, mature oaks, custom houses, and predominantly half-acre lots established the name that newer subdivisions later adopted for the broader area. U.S. 281 lies to the east, Blanco Road to the west, and Borgfeld Road along the south; these routes organize access between the subdivisions and the rest of northern Bexar County. The wider Timberwood Park area includes subdivisions along Canyon Golf and Borgfeld roads with separate rules and associations. As a result, two nearby addresses can share the Timberwood Park label while differing in covenants, park access, permitting, road arrangements, and service providers.

The clearest example is the original development's private 30-acre park. It includes a seven-acre stocked lake, a swimming pool and splash area, courts, a short-game course, trails, a pavilion, and a clubhouse, and the property-owners association uses it for recurring neighborhood events. Access belongs only to property owners within the original Timberwood Park Development; owners in surrounding subdivisions cannot buy access. The development is also divided into many recorded units with separate covenants. Most proposed property improvements require review by its Architectural Control Committee, and the association advises owners that City of San Antonio permits may also apply under the area's non-annexation agreement. A buyer here should therefore verify the legal subdivision, unit, restrictions, association obligations, and amenity eligibility for the exact lot rather than infer them from the mailing address or Census place name.