Bell County, Texas

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The Bell County Courthouse in Belton, listed in the NRHP with the number 76002004 [1]
The Bell County Courthouse in Belton, listed on the NRHP with number 76002004
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Belton
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Bell County Courthouse
P.O. Box 480
Belton, TX 76513-0480
Foundation : 1850
Made up from: Milam County
Area code : 001 254
Demographics
Residents : 310,235  (2010)
Population density : 113 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2818 km²
Water surface : 73 km²
map
Map of Bell County within Texas
Website : www.bellcountytx.com

The Bell County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Belton .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​2,818 square kilometers, of which 73 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: McLennan County , Falls County , Milam County , Williamson County , Burnet County , Lampasas County, and Coryell County .

history

In Bell County there are two important archaeological sites in front of Clovis: Gault Site from the Clovis culture and the Buttermilk Creek Complex as a stratigraphically confirmed culture. The Buttermilk Creek Complex was published in 2011 as the oldest known record of humans in America; it provides evidence that the Clovis culture, traditionally regarded as the first nationwide culture in America, first developed its characteristic projectile points in America and did not already bring it with it when immigrating from Asia .

Bell County was formed from parts of Milam County on January 22, 1850, and administrative organization was completed on August 1. It was named after Peter Hansborough Bell , the third governor of Texas and an officer in the Mexican-American War .

The Dr. Taylor Hudson House is one of 69 entries for the county in the NRHP.

69 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 4799 -
1870 9771 103.6%
1880 20,518 110%
1890 33,377 62.7%
1900 45,535 36.4%
1910 49.186 8th %
1920 46,412 -5.6%
1930 50.030 7.8%
1940 44,863 -10.3%
1950 73,824 64.6%
1960 94.097 27.5%
1970 124,483 32.3%
1980 157.889 26.8%
1990 191,088 21%
2000 237.974 24.5%
2010 310.235 30.4%
1850-2010
Bell County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Aerial view of Belton Lake
Carnegie Public Library (Bell County, Texas) , listed on the NRHP as No. 85000473

As of the 2000 census , Bell County had 237,974 people in 85,507 households and 61,992 families. The population density was 87 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.41 percent white, 20.43 percent African American, 0.72 percent Native American, 2.56 percent Asian, 0.48 percent from the Pacific island area and 8.54 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.85 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.68 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 85,507 households, 40.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 27.5 percent were non-families. 22.3 percent were single households and 6.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.14 people.

28.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.4 percent between 18 and 24, 31.9 percent between 25 and 44, 17.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 99.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 36,872 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,455. Males had a median income of $ 28,031 versus $ 22,364 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,219. 9.7 percent of families and 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Protected areas and parks

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ Bell County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  3. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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
  4. ↑ 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. 20 .
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  7. ↑ Bell County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 31 ° 2 ′  N , 97 ° 29 ′  W