Chambers County, Texas

Chambers County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Anahuac
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Chambers County Courthouse P.O. Box 728 Anahuac, TX 77514-0728
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Liberty County Jefferson County
Area code :	001 409
Demographics
Residents :	35,096  (2010)
Population density :	22.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2258 km²
Water surface :	706 km²
map
Website : www.co.chambers.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico and belongs to the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area . It has an area of ​​2258 square kilometers, of which 706 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Liberty County , Jefferson County , Galveston County, and Harris County .

history

Chambers County was formed on February 12, 1858 from parts of Jefferson County and Liberty County and the administrative organization was completed on August 2 of the same year. It was named after Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865), a Surveyor General and lawyer in Mexico and Texas and a general in the Army of the Republic of Texas . During the Civil War , he served as a volunteer under Southern General John Bell Hood .

Chambersea is one of six entries for the county in the NRHP.

Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 19, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	1508		-
1870	1503		-0.3%
1880	2187		45.5%
1890	2241		2.5%
1900	3046		35.9%
1910	4234		39%
1920	4162		-1.7%
1930	5710		37.2%
1940	7511		31.5%
1950	7871		4.8%
1960	10,379		31.9%
1970	12,187		17.4%
1980	18,538		52.1%
1990	20,088		8.4%
2000	26,031		29.6%
2010	35.096		34.8%
1860-2010 Chambers County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Goose Creek

The Bolivar Peninsula in the East Bay

As of the 2000 census , Chambers County had 26,031 people; 9,139 households and 7,219 families were counted. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.88 percent white, 9.77 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.67 percent Asian and 6.02 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.18 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 9,139 households, 40.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 65.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers and 21.0 percent were non-families. 17.8 percent were single households and 6.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.20 people.

28.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males and for every 100 females aged 18 years or older there were 99.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 47,964 , and the median income for a family is $ 52,986. Males had a median income of $ 43,351 versus $ 25,478 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,863. 8.3 percent of families and 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

• Anahuac
• Baytown
• Beach City
• Cove
• Double bayou
• Figridge
• Hankamer
• Monroe City
• Mont Belvieu
• Oak Island
• Old River Winfree
• Sea breeze
• Smith Point
• Stowell
• Todville
• Wallisville
• Winnie

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Chambers County, Texas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chambers County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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 10, 2012 
3. ↑ 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. 50 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 19, 2018.
5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
6. ↑ Chambers County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Chambers County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Chambers County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Chambers County Profile" of the Texas Association of Counties (Eng.)

Coordinates: 29 ° 42 ′  N , 94 ° 41 ′  W