Burleson (Texas)
| Burleson | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| Counties : |
Johnson County Tarrant County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 32 ′ N , 97 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 36,690 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 720.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 51.0 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 50.9 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 217 m |
| Postcodes : | 76028, 76097 |
| Area code : | +1 817 |
| FIPS : | 48-11428 |
| GNIS ID : | 1331683 |
| Website : | www.burlesontx.com |
| Mayor : | Kenneth Shetter |
Burleson is a city in Johnson County in the US state of Texas in the United States . The city is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States in terms of percentage.
geography
The city is located in central northeast Texas, in both Johnson County and Tarrant County, and has access to Interstate 35W , Highways 81 and 174, and Highways 731 and 3391. Rail links are with Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad . The city is located 20 km south of Fort Worth and has a total area of 50.9 km², of which 0.2 km² is water.
history
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 241 | - | |
| 1930 | 591 | 145.2% | |
| 1940 | 573 | -3% | |
| 1950 | 791 | 38% | |
| 1960 | 2345 | 196.5% | |
| 1970 | 7713 | 228.9% | |
| 1980 | 11,734 | 52.1% | |
| 1990 | 16,113 | 37.3% | |
| 2000 | 20,976 | 30.2% | |
| 2010 | 36,690 | 74.9% | |
| 1920-2000, 2010 | |||
The city's history began with the railroad, when the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad moved its tracks between Fort Worth and Hillsboro and established a supply depot on the site of the present city in 1881. The depot was named after Rufus C. Burleson , who later became President of Baylor University .
In 1882 Burleson got the first post office installed in a saloon and shortly afterwards the first shops opened and the first churches were built. Alta Vista College was built in 1885 and became the Red Oak Academy in 1893. In 1890 the place had 200 inhabitants and ten years later the first newspaper: the Burleson Banner .
In 1913 Burleson was supplied with electricity and from 1921 with natural gas by Lone Star Gas . In 1924, Highway 21 was built from Fort Worth to Alvarado, which ran through the city. In 1960, the city became a suburb of Fort Worth and the population rose to over 30,000 from 2345 to date.
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 20,976 people lived here in 7,610 households and 5,981 families. The population density was 412.2 people per km². The racial the population was composed of 95.62% White, 0.40% African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 1.46% other ethnic groups. About 1.42% were mixed race and 5.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,610 households, 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.0% of these were married couples living together. 11.2% were single mothers and 21.4% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were single households and 7.3% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.11.
29.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8% 18 to 24, 31.9% 25 to 44, 21.1% 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 89.0 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 50,432 , and the median income for a family is $ 56,031. Males had a median income of $ 40,567 versus $ 27,032 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,175. 6.0% of the population and 4.9% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 6.5% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.6% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert B. Anderson (1910–1989), businessman, politician, Secretary of the Navy and Treasury
See also
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics Burleson (Texas) on city-data (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 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
