Collingsworth County

Collingsworth County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Wellington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Collingsworth County Courthouse 800 W. Avenue, Box 10 Wellington, TX 79095-3037
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	3057  (2010)
Population density :	1.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2381 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.co.collingsworth.tx.us

The Collingsworth County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Wellington . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the north of the geographic center of Texas in the so-called Texas Panhandle , on the border with Oklahoma and has an area of ​​2381 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wheeler County , Beckham Counties , and Harmon Counties in Oklahoma, Childress County , Hall Counties , and Donley Counties .

history

Collingsworth County was formed from parts of Bexar County and Young Counties on August 1, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed on September 30, 1890. It was named after James Collinsworth , the Republic of Texas' first attorney general .

A bridge in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 19, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	6th		-
1890	357		5,850%
1900	1233		245.4%
1910	5224		323.7%
1920	9154		75.2%
1930	14,461		58%
1940	10,331		-28.6%
1950	9139		-11.5%
1960	6276		-31.3%
1970	4755		-24.2%
1980	4648		-2.3%
1990	3573		-23.1%
2000	3206		-10.3%
2010	3057		-4.6%
1880-2010 Collingsworth County's Pyramid of Age

Collingsworth County boundary marker between Texas and Oklahoma on Highway 203

Ozark Trail marker

According to the 2000 census , Collingsworth County's population was 3,206. 53 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 1,294 households and 916 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.8 percent white, 5.3 percent African American, 1.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 10.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were from two or more races. 20.4 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,294 households, 29.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers and 29.2 percent were non-families. 27.8 percent were single households and 17.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

26.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24, 22.6 percent between 25 and 44, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 22.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 25,438 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,323. Males had a median income of $ 24,808 versus $ 17,679 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,318. 14.8 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Aberdeen Dodson Lecturer

Lutie Quail Rolla

Samnorwood Wellington

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Collingsworth 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 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 
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. 66 .
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. ↑ Collingsworth County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Collingsworth County in the Texas Handbook
• "Collingsworth County profiles" of "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)

Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′  N , 100 ° 16 ′  W