Camp Wood

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Camp Wood
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Location in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Real County
Coordinates : 29 ° 40 ′  N , 100 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 40 ′  N , 100 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 822 (status: 2000)
Population density : 632.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.3 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 1.3 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 444 m
Postal code : 78833
Area code : +1 830
FIPS : 48-12388
GNIS ID : 1332024

Camp Wood is a city in Real County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located on the Nueces River , southwest of the geographic center of Texas, about 170 km west of San Antonio at the junction of Texas State Route 55 and Farm Road 337 and has a total area of ​​1.3 km 2 with no significant water surface.

history

The settlement was founded in 1920 by workers from the Uvalde Cedar Company . It was named after the former (from 1857 to 1861) nearby outpost of the US military Camp Wood. In 1920 the place became the northernmost stop on the Uvalde and Northern Railroad . The first post office opened in 1921 and Camp Wood was added as a town in 1936.

The place made headlines in April 1924, when Charles Lindbergh , three years before his Atlantic crossing, had to make an unscheduled stopover here.

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census, 822 people lived here in 281 households and 198 families. The population density was 634.8 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 90.27% White, 0.12% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 6.69% other ethnic groups. About 1.58% were mixed race and 39.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 281 households, 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.6% of these were married couples living together. 13.5% were single mothers and 29.2% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were single households and there were people living in 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.19.

28.2% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.2% 18 to 24, 22.7% 25 to 44, 24.1% 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 103.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 95.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 19,792 USD , and the median income for a family 21,648 USD. Males had a median income of $ 17,500 versus $ 13,182 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,170. 33.6% of the population and 32.2% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 40.0% were children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 36.6% were 65 or older.

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