Brewster County

Brewster County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Alpine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Brewster County Courthouse P.O. Box 119 Alpine, TX 79831
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Presidio County
Area code :	001 915
Demographics
Residents :	9232  (2010)
Population density :	0.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	16,039 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map
Website : www.co.brewster.tx.us

The Brewster County is the geographically largest county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Alpine .

geography

The county is located southwest of the geographic center of Texas and borders Mexico to the south and southeast . It has an area of ​​16,039 square kilometers, there is no significant water surface. The county is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Pecos County , Terrell County , Presidio County, and Jeff Davis Counties .

history

Brewster County was formed on February 2, 1887 from parts of Presidio County. It was named after Henry Percy Brewster (1816-1884), a Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas and later Chief of Staff under Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston .

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%
1890	710		-
1900	2356		231.8%
1910	5220		121.6%
1920	4822		-7.6%
1930	6624		37.4%
1940	6478		-2.2%
1950	7309		12.8%
1960	6434		-12%
1970	7780		20.9%
1980	7573		-2.7%
1990	8681		14.6%
2000	8866		2.1%
2010	9232		4.1%
1890-2010 Brewster County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

View over Brewster County

Hot Springs Cabins in Big Bend National Park , listed on the NRHP with No. 74000278

Entrance to Big Bend National Park

According to the 2000 census , Brewster County had 8,866 people; 3,669 households and 2,216 families were counted. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.09 percent white, 1.22 percent African American, 0.85 percent Native American, 0.37 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 13.44 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.98 percent were descended from two or more races. 43.62 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,669 households, 26.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 46.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers and 39.6 percent were non-families. 32.8 percent were single households and 11.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

22.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 14.8 percent between 18 and 24, 24.5 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 27,386 , and the median income for a family was $ 33,962. Males had a median income of $ 26,934 versus $ 21,250 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,183. 12.6 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Brewster County

City

Alpine

Census-designated places (CDP)

marathon Study Butte

Terlingua

Unincorporated Communities

Altuda Arick Village

Boquillas Lajitas

Rose field Tesnus

Ghost towns

Castolon

Glenn Springs

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brewster County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Article on Texas at infoplease , accessed February 20, 2008
3. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 25, 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 10, 2012 
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. 31 .
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 2, 2018.
6. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
7. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
8. ^ Brewster County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Brewster County in the Texas Handbook ,
• "Brewster County Profile" of the "Texas Association of Counties" , (Eng.)
• Brewster County - official website , (Engl.)

Coordinates: 29 ° 49 ′  N , 103 ° 15 ′  W