Coryell County

administration
The Coryell County Courthouse in Gatesville, listed on the NRHP with number 77001435
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Gatesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Coryell County Courthouse P.O. Box 237 Gatesville, TX 76528-0237
Foundation :	1854
Made up from:	Bell County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	75,388 (2010)
Population density :	27.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2737 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.co.coryell.tx.us

The Coryell County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Gatesville .

geography

The county is located about 50 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2,737 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Bosque Counties , McLennan Counties , Bell Counties , Lampasas Counties , and Hamilton Counties .

history

Coryell County was formed on February 4, 1854 from parts of Bell County. It was named after James Coryell (1803-1837), a border guard and Texas ranger who explored silver mines with James Bowie and was killed by Indians.

The Copperas Cove Stagestop and Post Office is one of the county's three entries in the NRHP.

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2666	-
1870	4124	54.7%
1880	10,924	164.9%
1890	16,873	54.5%
1900	21.308	26.3%
1910	21,703	1.9%
1920	20,601	-5.1%
1930	19,999	-2.9%
1940	20,226	1.1%
1950	16,284	-19.5%
1960	23,961	47.1%
1970	35,311	47.4%
1980	56,767	60.8%
1990	64.213	13.1%
2000	74,978	16.8%
2010	75,388	0.5%
1860-2010 Coryell County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Fort Hood Military Hospital

After the census in 2000 74 978 people lived in Coryell County. 16,932 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 19,950 households and 15,780 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 65.28 percent white, 21.80 percent African American, 0.88 percent Native American, 1.75 percent Asian, 0.49 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.54 percent were from two or more races. 12.57 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 19,950 households, 47.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 64.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers, and 20.9 percent were non-families. 16.9 percent were single households and 5.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.27 people.

26.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 17.9 percent between 18 and 24, 36.3 percent between 25 and 44, 13.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 5.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 105.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 years or over there were 106.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 35,999 , and the median income for a family was $ 38,307. Males had a median income of $ 24,236 versus $ 21,186 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,410. 7.8 percent of families and 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Coryell County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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 @1@ 2

↑ 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. 70 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Coryell County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

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

31.389999 -97.799999Coordinates: 31 ° 23 ′ N , 97 ° 48 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] Coryell County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[3] 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 @1@ 2

[4] 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. 70 .

[5] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2018.

[6] Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

[7] Coryell County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .