Burkburnett

Burkburnett
Location in Texas
Basic data
Foundation :	1923
State :	United States
State :	Texas
County :	Wichita County
Coordinates :	34 ° 5 ′  N , 98 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′  N , 98 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	10,811 (as of 2010)
Population density :	439.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	24.6 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 24.6 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	323 m
Postal code :	76354
Area code :	+1 940
FIPS :	48-11368
GNIS ID :	1353321
Website :	www.burkburnett.org
Mayor :	Carl Law

Burkburnett is a city in Wichita County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located in northern Texas, just a few miles north of Wichita Falls , on the Oklahoma border, and has a total area of ​​15 mi ² , with no significant body of water.

history

From 1856 this area was populated by ranchers and the small village was called Nesterville . In 1880 the village had a general store and 132 residents. In 1906 the rancher 'Samuel Burk Burnett' sold an area of ​​65 km ² to the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway so that they could move their rails to Oklahoma and Kansas . The first post office was opened a year later. In 1905 the small town was renamed Burkburnett by President Theodore Roosevelt , who was here to hunt wolves and stayed with the rancher Burnett.

After the first oil discovery in 1912, the population rose rapidly to around 20,000 in 1918. During the Great Depression the number fell to a few thousand and in 1936 the place had only 3281 inhabitants. It wasn't until Sheppard Air Force Base was built in 1941 that the city recovered.

An article in Cosmopolitan entitled: A Lady Comes to Burkburnett was the inspiration for the 1940 film Bomm Town, which starred Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1920	5300		-
1930	3281		-38.1%
1940	2814		-14.2%
1950	4555		61.9%
1960	7621		67.3%
1970	9230		21.1%
1980	10,668		15.6%
1990	10.145		-4.9%
2000	10,927		7.7%
2010	10,811		-1.1%
1920-2000, 2010

According to the 2000 census, 10,927 people lived here in 4,139 households and 3,108 families. The population density was 443.6 people per km ² . The racial the population was composed of 90.67% White, 2.88% African American, 1.06% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, and 2.66% other ethnic groups. About 2.00% were of mixed race and 6.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,139 households, 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.5% of them were married couples living together. 11.3% were single mothers and 24.9% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were single households and 10.1% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.05.

27.9% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8% 18 to 24, 28.3% 25 to 44, 22.2% 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 88.6 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 37,408 , and the median income for a family is $ 42,917. Males had a median income of $ 31,720 versus $ 21,977 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,507. 9.5% of the population and 7.9% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 13.0% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.9% were 65 or older.

See also

• List of cities in Texas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
2. ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from September 3, 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 16, 2012 

Web links

• Handbook of Texas (English)