Blanco County

Blanco County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Johnson City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Blanco County Courthouse P.O. Box 65 Johnson City, TX 78636-0117
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Burnet County Comal County Gillespie County Hays County
Area code :	001 830
Demographics
Residents :	10,497  (2010)
Population density :	5.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1848 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map
Website : www.co.blanco.tx.us

The Blanco County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Johnson City .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​1,848 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Burnet County , Travis County , Hays County , Comal County , Kendall County , Gillespie County, and Llano County .

history

Blanco County was formed on February 12, 1858 from parts of Burnet County, Comal County, Gillespie County and Hays County. It was named after the Blanco River . This is called “Blanco” (German: White ) after the Spanish , because chalky rock gives the river a corresponding color.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home (2014)

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home . Four 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	1281		-
1870	1187		-7.3%
1880	3583		201.9%
1890	4649		29.8%
1900	4703		1.2%
1910	4311		-8.3%
1920	4063		-5.8%
1930	3842		-5.4%
1940	4264		11%
1950	3780		-11.4%
1960	3657		-3.3%
1970	3567		-2.5%
1980	4681		31.2%
1990	5972		27.6%
2000	8418		41%
2010	10,497		24.7%
1850-2010 Age pyramid of Blanco County (as of 2000)

The Pedernales Falls State Park

The Starcke Dam

According to the 2000 census , Blanco County had 8,418 people in 3,303 households and 2,391 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.97 percent white, 0.74 percent African American, 0.59 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.88 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 15.32 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,303 households, 30.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.2 percent were single mothers and 27.6 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent were single households and 10.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

24.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24, 25.6 percent between 25 and 44, 27.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,369 , and the median income for a family is $ 45,382. Males had a median income of $ 31,717 versus $ 21,879 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,721. 8.1 percent of families and 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Blanco Cypress Mill

Hye Johnson City

Round Mountain Sandy

Protected areas and parks

• Blanco State Park
• Pedernales Falls State Park

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Blanco County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Blanco 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 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. 25 .
4. ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.
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 file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
7. ↑ Blanco County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Blanco County in Handbook of Texas (English)
• "Blanco County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

Coordinates: 30 ° 16 ′  N , 98 ° 24 ′  W