Austin County

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Austin County Courthouse
Austin County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Bellville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Austin County Courthouse
1 E. Main
Bellville, TX 77418-1521
Foundation : 1836
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 409
Demographics
Residents : 28,417  (2010)
Population density : 16.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1700 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Austin County within Texas
Website : www.austincounty.com

The Austin County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Bellville , named after Thomas B. Bell , one of the early settlers in Texas.

geography

The county is located in southeast Texas in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area and has an area of ​​1700 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Waller County , Fort Bend County , Wharton County , Colorado County , Fayette County, and Washington County .

traffic

Austin County has excellent transport links. State Highway 36 is the primary north-south connection, while State Highway 159, US Highway 90, and Interstate 10 run east-west. The county is also served by three railroad companies: the Southern Pacific , the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad . There are also 3 regional airports within a 30 km radius.

history

Austin County was established as the original county in 1836. It was named after Stephen Fuller Austin who started Anglo-American colonization, also known as the Father of Texas .

Moses Austin , Stephen A.'s father, received permission from the Mexican government in 1821 to establish a colony and bring 300 families to Texas. Before he could put his plan into action, he died of pneumonia and his son continued the project. The size of the land to be awarded was determined as follows: 640 acres for the head of the family, 320 acres for his wife, 160 acres for each child and 80 acres for each slave. The first German emigrants settled in 1831 and built Hermanns University in 1844 . The German settlement Cat Spring , formerly Katzenquelle, was founded in 1834. Another German settlement called Millheim was founded in 1845 and the Neu Ulm settlement in 1850 , named after the place of origin of the settlers. Also the place Bleiblerville was a German, the dealer Robert Bleibler founded.

At the beginning of the 20th century, watermelons were also grown in addition to cattle and grain cultivation. In 1924, 1,450 Melons rail cars were sold to the north of the United States. The first crude oil was found in 1915 and produced in significant quantities from 1927.

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 21, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 3841 -
1860 10.139 164%
1870 15,087 48.8%
1880 14,420 -4.4%
1890 17,859 23.8%
1900 20,676 15.8%
1910 17,699 -14.4%
1920 18,874 6.6%
1930 18,860 -0.1%
1940 17,384 -7.8%
1950 14,663 -15.7%
1960 13,777 -6%
1970 13,831 0.4%
1980 17,726 28.2%
1990 19,832 11.9%
2000 26,123 31.7%
2010 28,417 8.8%
For all years
Age pyramid of the county (as of 2000)
Austin County Jail , county jail listed on the NRHP as # 80004074
Church of the Guardian Angel , listed on the NRHP with No. 83003074
The Witte-Schmid House , listed in the NRHP with the number 97001531

As of the 2000 census , Austin County had 23,590 people in 8,747 households and 6,481 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.22 percent white, 10.64 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian and 6.99 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.58 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.13 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,747 households, 34.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers and 25.9 percent were non-families. 22.8 percent were single households and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.14 people.

27.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,615 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,342. Males had a median income of $ 32,455 versus $ 22,142 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,140. 8.8 percent of families and 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

Protected areas and parks

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austin County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  5. ↑ a b c Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  6. ↑ Austin County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Austin County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 29 ° 53 ′  N , 96 ° 17 ′  W