Borden County

Borden County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Gail
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Borden County Courthouse P.O. Box 124 Gail, TX 79738-0124
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	641  (2010)
Population density :	0.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2347 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map
Website : www.co.borden.tx.us

The Borden County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Gail . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Borden County is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​2,347 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Garza County , Scurry County , Mitchell County , Howard County , Martin County , Dawson County, and Lynn County .

history

Borden County was formed from parts of Bexar County on August 21, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed on March 17, 1891. It was named after Gail Borden , a businessman, newspaper editor, land surveyor, co-author of the first Texas constitution and the first to patent the industrial production of condensed milk .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	35		-
1890	222		534.3%
1900	776		249.5%
1910	1386		78.6%
1920	965		-30.4%
1930	1505		56%
1940	1396		-7.2%
1950	1106		-20.8%
1960	1076		-2.7%
1970	888		-17.5%
1980	859		-3.3%
1990	799		-7%
2000	729		-8.8%
2010	641		-12.1%
1880-2010 Borden County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Mushaway Peak

The Gail Mountain

As of the 2000 census , Borden County had 729 people in 292 households and 216 families. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.5 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 6.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were from two or more races. 11.9 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 292 households, 30 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 65 percent were married couples living together, 6 percent were single mothers, and 26 percent were non-families. 23 percent were single households and 9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.93 people.

24.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 108.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,205 , and the median  income for a family is $ 36,458. Males had a median income of $ 25,556 versus $ 21,607 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,364. 14.0 percent of the population and 11.8 percent of families lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Gail
• Mesquite , ghost town

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Borden 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. 27 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ↑ Borden County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

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

Coordinates: 32 ° 44 ′  N , 101 ° 26 ′  W