Brenham
| Brenham | |
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 Washington County Courthouse |
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| Location of Brenham in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1844 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Washington County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 10 ′ N , 96 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 15,716 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 692.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 22.7 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 22.7 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 112 m |
| Postcodes : | 77833, 77834 |
| Area code : | +1 979 |
| FIPS : | 48-10156 |
| GNIS ID : | 1331223 |
| Website : | www.ci.brenham.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Milton Y. Tate, Jr. |
 City map from 1881 |
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Brenham is the capital and county seat of Washington County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located on US Highway 290 , about 120 km northwest of Houston and has a total area of 22.7 km 2 , without any significant water surface.
history
The place was founded as Hickory Grove , but was renamed Brenham in 1843 in honor of Richard Fox Brenham , a doctor and member of several Texas expeditions. In February 1844, the city was elected the seat of county government. Two years later the first post office was opened and with the construction of the Washington County Railroad in 1860, Brenham became the area's merchant hub. It became the most important city in the county when it joined the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in 1880, which connected the city with the Gulf of Mexico region . With the new rail link, new immigrants, mainly German came, of which the 1881 until now-annual May Day festival and for about 25 years the first weekend in December held Krist Kindl Market in Brenham testify.
The Brenham Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 .
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 2221 | - | |
| 1880 | 4101 | 84.6% | |
| 1890 | 5209 | 27% | |
| 1900 | 5968 | 14.6% | |
| 1910 | 4718 | -20.9% | |
| 1920 | 5066 | 7.4% | |
| 1930 | 5974 | 17.9% | |
| 1940 | 6435 | 7.7% | |
| 1950 | 6941 | 7.9% | |
| 1960 | 7740 | 11.5% | |
| 1970 | 8922 | 15.3% | |
| 1980 | 10,966 | 22.9% | |
| 1990 | 11,952 | 9% | |
| 2000 | 13,507 | 13% | |
| 2010 | 15,716 | 16.4% | |
| 1870-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 13,507 people lived here in 4,907 households and 3,115 families. The population density was 595.3 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 69.99% White, 21.91% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.86% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, and 4.75% non-American ethnic groups. About 1.22% were mixed race and 10.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,907 households, 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 45.7% of them were married couples living together. 14.2% were single mothers and 36.5% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were single households and there were people living in 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.01.
22.5% of the population were under 18 years old, 15.9% 18 to 24, 24.7% 25 to 44, 18.8% 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 86.6 men.
The median income for a household in the 32,198 USD , and the median income for a family 41,486 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,133 versus $ 22,152 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,351. 17.7% of the population and 12.8% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 21.9% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.7% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Shaw (1908–1977), blues singer and guitarist
- Sadie Sink (* 2002), actress
See also
- List of cities in Texas
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Texas
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 March 4, 2013 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 , engl.
- Statistics for Brenham (Texas) from city-data , engl.