Bowie County

Bowie County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	New Boston
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Bowie County Courthouse P.O. Box 248 New Boston, TX 75570-0248
Foundation :	1840
Made up from:	Red River County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	92,565  (2010)
Population density :	40.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2390 km²
Water surface :	90 km²
map
Website : www.co.bowie.tx.us

The Bowie County is a county in the US state of Texas . The county seat is in New Boston . The county is part of the Dry Counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the far northeast of Texas on the south bank of the Red River , which forms the border with Oklahoma . To the west it borders on Arkansas . It has an area of ​​2390 square kilometers, of which 90 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Bowie County:

	McCurtain County, Oklahoma	Little River County, Arkansas
Red River County
Morris County	Cass County	Miller County, Arkansas

history

J. Bowie

Bowie County was formed in 1840 from parts of Red River County. It was named after James Bowie (1796–1836), the legendary knife fighter, killed in the Battle of the Alamo .

The Earl-Rochelle House is one of twelve entries for the county in the NRHP.

Twelve buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 2, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	2912		-
1860	5052		73.5%
1870	4684		-7.3%
1880	10,965		134.1%
1890	20,267		84.8%
1900	26,676		31.6%
1910	34,827		30.6%
1920	39,472		13.3%
1930	48,563		23%
1940	50.208		3.4%
1950	61,966		23.4%
1960	59,971		-3.2%
1970	67,813		13.1%
1980	75,301		11%
1990	81,665		8.5%
2000	90,643		11%
2010	92,565		2.1%
1850-2010 Brazoria County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2010 census , Bowie County had 92,565 people in 34,159 households. The population density was 40.2 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 68.8 percent white, 24.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 34,159 households.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,634  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,638. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Protected areas and parks

Berry Farm Park Big Creek Park Bramble Park Clear Spring Park Ferguson Park Herron Creek Park Hobo Jungle Park Kelly Creek Park

Lee Park Mauldin Lake Park North Texarkana Park Scrapp Miller Park Spring Lake Park Tapp Park Tiger Stadium at Grimm Memorial Park Vera Bradfield Park

Bowie County localities

Citys

De Kalb Hooks Leary Maud

Nash New Boston Red Lick Redwater

Texarkana Wake Village

Unincorporated Communities

Barkman Bassett Beaverdam Boston Burns Carbondale

College Hill Corley Dalby Springs Darden Eylau Garland

Hodgson Hoot Hubbard Malta Oak Grove Old Boston

Old Union Red Springs Redbank Siloam Simms Smith Hill

South Texarkana Spring Hill Victory City Wamba Whaley

structure

Bowie County is divided into six Census County Divisions (CCD):

CCD	Population (2010)	FIPS
Dalby Springs-Simms CCD	2455	48-90950
De Kalb CCD	5238	48-90980
Hooks CCD	5652	48-91830
Maud-Redwater CCD	10,221	48-92476
New Boston CCD	10,820	48-92725
Texarkana CCD	58.179	48-93875

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bowie County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey retrieved 22 February 2011
2. ^ National Association of Counties , accessed September 19, 2012
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 2, 2018.
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts
6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Texas ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. , accessed September 19, 2012 

Web links

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

• Official website
• www.city-data.com - Bowie County
• Bowie County in the Handbook of Texas
• "Bowie County Profile" of the Texas Association of Counties

Coordinates: 33 ° 27 ′  N , 94 ° 25 ′  W