Bosque County

administration
The Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, listed on the NRHP with the number 77001427
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	meridian
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Bosque County Courthouse P.O. Box 617 Meridian, TX 76665-0617
Foundation :	1854
Made up from:	McLennan County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	18,212 (2010)
Population density :	7.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2597 km²
Water surface :	35 km²
map

Website : users.htcomp.net/bosque

The Bosque County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Meridian .

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2597 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Somervell County , Johnson County , Hill County , McLennan County , Coryell County , Hamilton County, and Erath Counties .

history

Bosque County was formed on February 4, 1854 from parts of McLennan County and the administrative organization was completed on August 7 of the same year. It was named after the Bosque River . This is called after the Spanish “Bosque” (German: forest ) because of the pronounced vegetation on its banks.

The Jens and Kari Ringness Farm is one of 39 entries for the county in the NRHP.

39 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 4, 2020).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2005	-
1870	4981	148.4%
1880	11,217	125.2%
1890	14,224	26.8%
1900	17,390	22.3%
1910	19,013	9.3%
1920	18,032	-5.2%
1930	15,750	-12.7%
1940	15,761	0.1%
1950	11,836	-24.9%
1960	10,809	-8.7%
1970	10,966	1.5%
1980	13,401	22.2%
1990	15,125	12.9%
2000	17.204	13.7%
2010	18,212	5.9%
1860-2010 Bosque County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Bosque River Dam

The Lake Whitney with Whitney Lake Dam

According to the 2000 census , Bosque County had 17,204 people in 6,726 households and 4,856 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.75 percent white, 1.92 percent African American, 0.55 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.47 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.23 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,726 households, 29.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.6 percent were married, couples living together, 8.2 percent were single mothers and 27.8 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent were single households and 14.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

24.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24, 23.8 percent between 25 and 44, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,181 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,763. Males had a median income of $ 31,669 versus $ 21,739 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,455. 8.9 percent of families and 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Protected areas and parks

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 77001427 . Retrieved May 4, 2020
↑ Bosque County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated December 1, 2017 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@ 2

↑ 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. 28 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 4, 2020.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Bosque County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
"Bosque County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

31.898817 -97.62737Coordinates: 31 ° 54 ′ N , 97 ° 38 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 77001427 . Retrieved May 4, 2020

[2] Bosque 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 dated December 1, 2017 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@ 2

[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. 28 .

[5] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 4, 2020.

[6] Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

[7] Bosque County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .