The City of Bulverde is located in Comal County in the State of Texas. Bulverde is known for its small-town, slow pace of life, coupled with the German emigrant history of the town's founders. Bulverde was originally named Piepers Settlement after a prominent German pioneer. Its population was 5,692 at the 2020 census, up from 4,630 at the 2010 census. Since 2000, Bulverde’s population has grown by nearly 33 percent. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area.