Baylor County

The Baylor County Courthouse in Seymour
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Seymour
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Baylor County Courthouse P.O. Box 689 Seymour, TX 76380-0689
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Fannin County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	3726  (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2334 km²
Water surface :	78 km²
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The Baylor County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Seymour .

geography

The county is located in northern Texas, about 60 km from the Oklahoma border and has an area of ​​2334 square kilometers, of which 78 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wilbarger County , Wichita County , Archer County , Young County , Throckmorton County , Haskell County , Knox County, and Foard Counties .

history

Old administration building (2015)

Baylor County was formed from parts of Fannin County on February 1, 1858 , and the administrative organization was completed on April 12, 1879. It was named after Henry Weidner Baylor (1818-1854), a field doctor for the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	715		-
1890	2595		262.9%
1900	3052		17.6%
1910	8411		175.6%
1920	7027		-16.5%
1930	7418		5.6%
1940	7755		4.5%
1950	6875		-11.3%
1960	5893		-14.3%
1970	5221		-11.4%
1980	4919		-5.8%
1990	4385		-10.9%
2000	4093		-6.7%
2010	3726		-9%
For all years Baylor County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Baylor County had 4,093 people in 1,791 households and 1,156 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.96 percent white, 3.35 percent African American, 0.59 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.12 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.32 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.15 percent were descended from two or more races. 9.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,791 households, 25.2 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.5 percent were married, couples living together, 8.2 percent were single mothers and 35.4 percent were non-families. 33.3 percent were single households and 19.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

23.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.5 percent between 18 and 24, 21.4 percent between 25 and 44, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 24.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 24,627 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,583. Males had a median income of $ 21,607 versus $ 19,571 for females. The per capita income was 16,384. 16.1 percent of the population 12.9 percent of the families lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Bomarton
• Mabelle
• Red Springs
• Round timber
• Seymour
• Westover

Protected areas and parks

• Seymour City Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baylor County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 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 10, 2012 
3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 18 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ↑ Baylor County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Baylor County in the Handbook of Texas , (Eng.)
• "Baylor County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

Coordinates: 33 ° 37 ′  N , 99 ° 13 ′  W