Cisco (Texas)
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Eastland County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 23 ′ N , 98 ° 59 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,851 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 305.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.6 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.6 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 498 m |
| Postal code : | 76437 |
| Area code : | +1 254 |
| FIPS : | 48-15004 |
| GNIS ID : | 1332853 |
| Website : | www.ciscotx.com |
| Mayor : | Hal Porter |
 Downtown Cisco |
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Cisco is a city in Eastland County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located in the northwest of the county, in north-central Texas on Interstate 20 and US Highway 183 and has a total area of 12.6 km² without any significant water surface.
history
The town was founded in 1878 or 1879 when Reverend CG Stevens came to the area and opened a church and post office. At that time he called the border settlement Red Gap. In 1881 the rails of the Houston and Texas Central Railway were laid, which crossed the Texas and Pacific Railway near Red Gap, which had been built a year earlier , after which the settlement was moved to the intersection of the two railway lines.
Three years later the city was officially listed and a new post office was opened. The city was named after John A. Cisco , a New York financier and manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton , the founder of Hilton Hotels , came to town in 1919 to buy a bank. But since this was too expensive, he bought a hotel without further ado and thus laid the foundation stone for the Hilton Hotels.
During the oil boom in 1919-21, the city played a rather subordinate role, but the population rose to over 15,000 for a short time. The city gained notoriety in the 1920s as the site of the fighting between the Ku Klux Klan and the Texas Rangers , as well as the Santa Claus bank robbery on December 22, 1927, with the unbelievable sum of 12,000 dollars and 150,000 at the time Dollars in securities were stolen.
Demographic data
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 1063 | - | |
| 1900 | 1514 | 42.4% | |
| 1910 | 2410 | 59.2% | |
| 1920 | 7422 | 208% | |
| 1930 | 6027 | -18.8% | |
| 1940 | 4868 | -19.2% | |
| 1950 | 5230 | 7.4% | |
| 1960 | 4499 | -14% | |
| 1970 | 4160 | -7.5% | |
| 1980 | 4517 | 8.6% | |
| 1990 | 3813 | -15.6% | |
| 2000 | 3851 | 1 % | |
| 1890-2000, | |||
According to the 2000 census, 3,851 people lived here in 1,491 households and 970 families. The population density was 306.6 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 90.00% White, 3.87% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 4.02% other ethnic groups. About 1.22% were mixed race and 10.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,491 households, 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.3% of these were married couples living together. 12.3% were single mothers and 34.9% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were single households and there were people living in 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.03.
24.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 13.4% 18 to 24, 21.7% 25 to 44, 21.4% 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 87.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 85.4 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 24,069 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,833. Males had a median income of $ 27,222 versus $ 16,250 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,504. 21.8% of the population and 13.0% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 30.3% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.0% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jean Porter (1922–2018), actress
- Robert Cluck (* 1939), local politician
- Ralph McKenzie (* 1941), mathematician
See also
- List of cities in Texas
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Eastland County
Web links
- History of Cisco in the Handbook of Texas , engl.
- Current statistics on Cisco from city-data , engl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ When Santa Claus draws his gun, Spiegel-Online 12/2009
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012