Bay City, Texas
| Bay City | |
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 Matagorda County Courthouse |
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| Location of Bay City in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1894 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Matagorda County |
| Coordinates : | 28 ° 59 ′ N , 95 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 18,800 (as of 2004) |
| Population density : | 854.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 22.0 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 22.0 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 18 m |
| Postal code : | 77414 |
| Area code : | +1 979 |
| FIPS : | 48-05984 |
| GNIS ID : | 1351611 |
| Website : | www.cityofbaycity.org |
| Mayor : | Richard Knapik |
Bay City is a city in Matagorda County in the US state of Texas , United States and is the seat of the county seat .
geography
The city is located at the intersection of Texas State Routes 35 and 60 , in southwest Texas, about 30 km off the Gulf of Mexico and about 150 km southwest of Houston . It has an area of 22.0 km², of which 0.2 km² is water.
history
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 3156 | - | |
| 1920 | 3454 | 9.4% | |
| 1930 | 4070 | 17.8% | |
| 1940 | 6594 | 62% | |
| 1950 | 9427 | 43% | |
| 1960 | 11,656 | 23.6% | |
| 1970 | 11,733 | 0.7% | |
| 1980 | 17,837 | 52% | |
| 1990 | 18,170 | 1.9% | |
| 2000 | 18,667 | 2.7% | |
| 2010 | 17,614 | -5.6% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 | |||
Bay City was founded in August 1894. It was named after its location in the Bay Prairie . On September 18 of the same year, the place was chosen to be the seat of the county government. In 1901 the Cane Belt Railroad was the first to move its tracks to the city, which then developed into the trading center for the area. The Matagorda County Tribune and the Weekly Visitor appeared as newspapers . In the same year a two-story school was built. There were also three teachers, a dentist, a doctor and six lawyers. In 1902 the place already had 2000 inhabitants.
In 1902 the city got a connection to the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway and after 1904 the first oil discoveries were made in the county, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway also moved its tracks here. Ten years later the population had grown to 3,156 and the area had developed into the largest national rice-growing area. There were also four cotton processing plants, three banks, two rice mills, a factory for ice cream and ice cream, a municipal waterworks and a large cold store for fruit and vegetables.
In the following years the population increased slowly but steadily, except during the time of the Great Depression . A new library was built in the 1950s and an airfield in the 1960s . Bay City has been the loading port for crude oil production in the immediate and wider area since the 1990s .
Culture
Bay City maintains a public library with around 72,200 books, 1,800 audio and 4,085 video documents. There are also 8 elementary and junior highs and one high school . There are colleges and universities within 100 km.
religion
Bay City currently has 43 different churches from 16 different denominations. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with twelve churches. There are also eleven churches that do not belong to any denomination (as of 2004 ).
Demographics
The average income for a household in the city is 30,446 USD a family at 39,281 USD, the average income. Males have a median income of $ 38,202 versus females averaging $ 23,058. The per capita income is $ 15,284. 21.4% of the population and 18.3% of families live below the poverty line.
30.9% of the population are under 18 years old and for every 100 women aged 18 and over there are 91.1 men. The average age is 32 years. (Status: 2000 ).
crime
The crime rate has an index of 411.3 points. (Compare US national average: 330.6 points) (higher points mean higher crime) In
2002 there were 0 murders, 0 rapes, 31 robberies, 76 physical attacks on people, 256 break-ins, 777 thefts and 41 car thefts.
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles Austin (* 1967), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Greg Laughlin (born 1942), politician
- Joe DeLoach (* 1967), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Mal Whitfield (1924-2015), sprinter and middle-distance runner, Olympic champion in 1948 and 1952
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census data for 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 12, 2012
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (Engl.)