Burnet County

administration
The Burnet County Courthouse in Burnet, listed on the NRHP with number 00001384
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Burnet
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Burnet County Courthouse 220 S. Pierce Street Burnet, TX 78611-3136
Foundation :	1852
Made up from:	Bell County Williamson County Travis County
Area code :	001 512
Demographics
Residents :	42,750 (2010)
Population density :	16.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2644 km²
Water surface :	65 km²
map

Website : www.burnetcountytexas.org

The Burnet County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Burnet .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2,644 square kilometers, of which 65 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Lampasas County , Bell County , Williamson County , Travis County , Blanco County , Llano County, and San Saba Counties .

history

Burnet County was formed on February 5, 1852 from parts of Bell County, Travis County and Williamson County. It was named after David G. Burnet , a vice president of the Republic of Texas and an officer in the Revolutionary Army during the Revolutionary Wars in Venezuela .

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 15, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2487	-
1870	3688	48.3%
1880	6855	85.9%
1890	10,747	56.8%
1900	10,528	-2%
1910	10,755	2.2%
1920	9499	-11.7%
1930	10,355	9%
1940	10,771	4%
1950	10,356	-3.9%
1960	9265	-10.5%
1970	11,420	23.3%
1980	17,803	55.9%
1990	22,677	27.4%
2000	34,147	50.6%
2010	42,750	25.2%
1860-2010 Burnet County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River over the Colorado River , listed in the NRHP with the number 96001116

According to the 2000 census , Burnet County had 34,147 people in 13,133 households and 9,665 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.64 percent white, 1.52 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.24 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.58 percent were descended from two or more races. 14.77 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The Lake Buchanan

Of the 13,133 households, 30.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.6 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 22.5 percent were single households and 10.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.94 people.

24.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 37,921 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,871. Males had a median income of $ 30,255 versus $ 20,908 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,850. 7.9 percent of families and 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Burnet County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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 @1@ 2

↑ 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. 36 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 15, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Burnet County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .