Cove (Texas)

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Cove
Chambers County Cove.svg
Location in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Chambers County
Coordinates : 29 ° 49 ′  N , 94 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 49 ′  N , 94 ° 50 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 323 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 100.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.3 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.2 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 7 m
FIPS : 48-17336
GNIS ID : 1373248

Cove is a city in Chambers County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located 55 km east of Houston , at the junction of Highway 565 and Interstate 10 , in the northwest corner of the county, in southeast Texas, is 70 km to the east from Louisiana , and about 50 km to the south from the Gulf of Mexico away and has a total area of ​​3.3 km², of which 0.1 km² is water.

history

At the beginning the place was called Winfree's Cove , named after ABJ Winfree, one of the first settlers in the area. The first school was built in 1885 and the first post office opened in 1894.

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census, 323 people in 125 households and 91 families lived here. The population density was 102.2 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 92.26% White, 1.86% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 5.26% other ethnic groups. About 0.31% were mixed race and 4.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 125 households, 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.0% of these were married couples living together. 10.4% were single mothers and 26.4% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were single households and there were people living in 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.93.

26.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7% 18 to 24, 34.1% 25 to 44, 23.2% 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 99.2 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 44,750 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,286. Males had a median income of $ 44,219 versus $ 30,625 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,514. 10.7% of the population and 6.7% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 22.9% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 0.0% were 65 or older.

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