Awning Dealers Wanted: Wilson County

Wilson County is the Peanut Capital of Texas, officially recognized by the Texas Senate, and Floresville wears it proudly: a giant Memorial Peanut Statue stands on the courthouse square honoring Joe T. Sheehy, the “peanut king” who proved peanuts a viable cash crop here in 1916. The town was founded in 1867 and named for Don Francisco Flores de Abrego, a Canary Islands immigrant who ranched outside the settlement, and it has been the county seat since 1873. That deep agricultural root is why people here still work hard, buy quality, and stay loyal to local businesses.

The county’s signature event is the Floresville Peanut Festival, held every second weekend of October since 1938, the 81st annual ran in 2025, drawing more than 20,000 attendees to the parades, carnival, arts and crafts, and street dances around the square. For a dealer, that festival is the best storefront in the county: one visible presence at the event every homeowner attends, and your name is the one they remember when the patio project starts.

The market underneath the festivals is what really counts. US-181 runs straight to San Antonio, making Floresville, La Vernia, Stockdale, and Poth a commuter belt for the metro: metro incomes on small-town lots, with patios, pools, and outdoor kitchens central to the lifestyle. Floresville River Park draws families to the riverbanks, River Bend Golf Club anchors the fairway-view crowd, and the Wilson County Courthouse’s Texas Renaissance architecture reminds every visitor this is a county with pride and means.

South Texas does the selling for you. Summers are long, hot, and buggy, evenings belong to the mosquitoes, and a pool or patio without real shade sits empty for half the year. Motorized zip-track screens are a need-based sale here: keep the insects out, cut the glare, and the backyard becomes the family room. Need-based sales close faster and refer harder than any want-based pitch.

Our factory’s in-house installation covers Southern California only, San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. In Wilson County, the dealer sells the product and coordinates installation locally, with our training, measuring guidance, and technical support standing behind every project.