Bonham (Texas)
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 Location of Bonham in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1837 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Fannin County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 35 ′ N , 98 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 10.127 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 418.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 24.2 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 24.2 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 150 m |
| Postal code : | 75418 |
| Area code : | +1 903 |
| FIPS : | 48-09328 |
| GNIS ID : | 1352653 |
| Website : | www.cobon.net |
Bonham is the district capital of Fannin County in the US state of Texas in the United States of America . The city is the commercial center and seat of the county seat of Fannin County.
geography
The city is centrally located in Fannin County in northeast Texas, about 25 km south of Louisiana and has a total area of 15.2 km 2 . The distance to Dallas in the southwest is about 110 km.
history
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1880 | - | |
| 1890 | 3361 | 78.8% | |
| 1900 | 5042 | 50% | |
| 1910 | 4844 | -3.9% | |
| 1920 | 6008 | 24% | |
| 1930 | 5655 | -5.9% | |
| 1940 | 6349 | 12.3% | |
| 1950 | 7049 | 11% | |
| 1960 | 7357 | 4.4% | |
| 1970 | 7698 | 4.6% | |
| 1980 | 7338 | -4.7% | |
| 1990 | 6688 | -8.9% | |
| 2000 | 9990 | 49.4% | |
| 2010 | 10.127 | 1.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
The traces of Bonham, one of the oldest cities in Texas, go back to the year 1837, when Bailey Inglish built a two-story log cabin called Fort Inglish here about 2 km from today's center . Inglish and other acquaintances settled here from the summer of 1837 and the settlement was named Bois D'Arc . In 1843 the Texas congress gave the city the name Bloomington , which was then renamed Bonham in honor of James Butler Bonham , a hero and defender of the Alamo . On February 2, 1848, Bonham was registered as a city.
After connecting to the Texas and Pacific Railroad , the place began to grow and in 1885 there were six churches, three colleges, two public schools, three weekly newspapers, a sawmill, two flour mills, electricity supply and 2,300 residents. In 1890 an oil mill, tram and ice factory as well as the Texas Power and Light Company as a local power generator were added. In 1925 the place was connected to the gas supply.
During the Second World War , a US Air Force training camp and flight school were set up near Bonham , as was a prisoner-of-war camp for German and German soldiers. Parts of the camp can still be viewed today.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, 9,990 people lived here in 2,884 households and 1,848 families. The population density was 412.1 people per km 2 . The racial population is composed of 76.27% White, 16.77% African American, 0.84% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 4.22% other ethnic groups. About 1.39% are of two or more races, and 8.75% of the population are Spanish or Latin American.
Of the 2,884 households, 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.9% of these were married couples living together. 14.9% were single mothers and 35.9% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were single households and there were people living in 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.98.
17.8% of the population were under 18 years old, 13.3% 18 to 24, 33.6% 25 to 44, 19.3% 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 164.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 179.9 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,131 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,721. Males had a median income of $ 26,035 versus $ 21,897 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,840. 18.1% of the population and 12.6% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 21.9% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 18.8% were 65 or older.
crime
The crime rate has an index of 370.0 points. (Compare US national average: 327.2 points) In
2004 there were 0 murders, 8 rapes, 4 robberies, 60 physical attacks on people, 88 burglaries, 320 thefts and 20 car thefts.
sons and daughters of the town
- Charlie Cole (1955–2019), photographer and photojournalist
- Stephen Flowers (* 1953), German philologist, esoteric runologist and occultist
- Kenny Marchant (* 1951), Republican Party politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census data for 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 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 12, 2012
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)