Center (Texas)
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| Foundation : | 1856 or 1857 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Shelby County |
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 48 ′ N , 94 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,421 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 336.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.2 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 16.1 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 113 m |
| Postal code : | 75935 |
| Area code : | +1 936 |
| FIPS : | 48-13732 |
| GNIS ID : | 1354185 |
| Website : | centertexas.org |
| Mayor : | David Chadwick |
Center is a city in Shelby County in East Texas and the County -Hauptstadt ( county seat ) of the district. The settlement was founded in 1856 or 1857. The name expresses the central location of the settlement within the county. Center advanced to the district capital in 1866. According to data from the US census , the city had 5,421 residents in 2016 .
description
Scenic are center and the surrounding County part of osttexanischen Piney Woods - Woods . The landscape is flat and characterized by light, undulating hills. Forest vegetation, arable land and pastures alternate with each other. The average height is just over 100 meters above sea level. The climate is humid and mild; the average temperatures range from 28 ° C in July to +8 ° C in January. The average annual rainfall is 1378 millimeters. National roads are US Highway 96 and State Highway 7 . Both run slightly diagonally from north to south and intersect in the center of the city. In addition, there are several farm-to-market roads that also run towards the center of the center. The Sabine National Forest is approximately 20 kilometers from Center. The distance to the border between the two US states of Texas and Louisiana is around 27 kilometers, and that to the regional metropolis of Nacogdoches in neighboring Nacogdoches County is more than twice as long. The distance to the most of Mexico Golf nearby Beaumont is nearly 200 kilometers.
The planning for the later settlement took place in the mid-1850s - at a time when the area north of the East Texas pioneer settlement centers around Nacogdoches and the Ayish Bayou was subjected to more intensive settlement . In the 1840s, the region was a center of the so-called regulator-moderator wars - a feud between two warring vigilante groups that affected several Texas counties and slowed down local economic growth for years. In 1866, Center became the county capital. The reason for the determination was the fact that the previous county capital Shelbyville was too far away from the county center. The determination as the new county seat took place in a night-and-fog operation - by the District Secretary RK Parker broke into the courthouse in Shelbyville along with other men, took the documents there and took them to Center.
In the second half of the 19th century the population rose from just under 200 (1880) to well over 1000 (1910). Center received City status in 1893. In 1904 it was connected to the railway network of the Golf, Beaumont & Great Northern Railway . The connection to the telephone network took place the following year; In 1915 Center was integrated into the telephone network of the Bell Telephone Company . Like other cities in Central and East Texas, Center became the scene of racially motivated lynching in the decades after the turn of the century . In April 1920, the African American Lige Daniels was hanged from an oak tree in front of the courthouse by an angry crowd . Another lynching with a similar sequence took place in 1928.
The city's population grew from just under 2,000 in 1920 to 5,827 in 1980. Around 4,000 of the roughly 6,000 city dwellers were white and just under 2,000 were African-American . The most important economic factors are the timber industry and poultry farming . In addition, Center benefits from tourism around the not far away Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Louisiana border. Nationally known festivities are the What-A-Melon Festival in July and the East Texas Poultry Festival in October.
In 1950 the city was hit by a severe tornado . The cyclone that passed through the city on February 12 destroyed several buildings, killed three and injured at least 15 people.
Demographics
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 177 | - | |
| 1910 | 1684 | - | |
| 1920 | 1838 | 9.1% | |
| 1930 | 2510 | 36.6% | |
| 1940 | 3010 | 19.9% | |
| 1950 | 4323 | 43.6% | |
| 1960 | 4510 | 4.3% | |
| 1970 | 4989 | 10.6% | |
| 1980 | 5827 | 16.8% | |
| 1990 | 5142 | -11.8% | |
| 2000 | 5742 | 11.7% | |
| 2010 | 5193 | -9.6% | |
The population of Center has - after a high of almost 6,000 residents in 1980 - leveled out at a level above 5,000. According to 2016 data from the United States Census Bureau , the population that year was 5,421 people. 2,399 of them were male , 3,022 female . 3,632 residents were 18 years or older, 1,789 children or adolescents , 1,107 older than 65 years. The median age was 33.9 years. 1,780 of the respondents described themselves as white (32.8%), 1,854 as African-American (34.2%), and 247 as Asian (4.6%). None of the respondents stated two or more ethnicities. Regardless of the question about the census declaration Race , 1,540 residents identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. Proportionally, this group ranked third behind whites and African-Americans with 28.4% - with the three main groups having a similarly strong presence.
According to Quickfacts information on census.gov , the median income per household in 2017 was 22,680 US dollars (USD). The median value determined is below that of the three comparison units Texas (USD 54,700), USA (USD 55,300) and Shelby County (USD 36,300). The census showed 27.6% of people living in poverty and 20.9% of people without health insurance .
Cinema: Rio Theater
Baptist Church
Shelby County Museum
Former county courthouse
Windham Civic Center
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sons and daughters of the town
- Jesse M. Combs (1889-1953), politician
- Del Shofner (1934-2020) American football player
- Joe Williams (born 1947), American football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Climate Center - Texas . usclimatedata.com, accessed November 30, 2018 (Engl.)
- ↑ See map view on Google Maps and Texas General Land Office , accessed November 30, 2018
- ↑ a b c Center, TX (Shelby County) . Marleta Childs, Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), June 12, 2010
- ^ Center Hanging Oak . Famous Threes of Texas, accessed November 30, 2018
- ^ East Texas town struggles with the past . Allan Turner, Washington Times, July 5, 2015.
- ^ What-A-Melon Festival . traveltexas.com, accessed November 30, 2018 (Engl.)
- ^ East Texas Poultry Supply . easttexaspoultry.com accessed November 30, 2018
- ^ Tornado Information for Shelby County, Texas . homefacts.com, accessed November 30, 2018 (Engl.)
- ^ Population of Center, TX . population.us, accessed November 30, 2018
- ^ Center city, Texas . ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2016, American FactFinder, accessed November 30, 2018.
- ↑ a b Center city, Texas , brief overview on the website of the United States Census Bureau, accessed November 30, 2018 (Engl.).
- ^ Household Income in Center, Texas . Household income overview on statisticalatlas.com, accessed November 30, 2018.