Crockett (Texas)
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Location in Texas
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| Foundation : | 1837 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Houston County | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 19 ′ N , 95 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,950 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 302.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 23 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 111 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75426 | ||
| Area code : | +1 936 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-17744 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1355365 | ||
| Website : | www.crocketttexas.org | ||
| Mayor : | Wayne Mask ( Mayor in City Council ) Ron Duncan ( City Manager ) |
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Crockett is a city and county seat of Houston County in the US state of Texas . Almost 7,000 people live in an area of around 23 square kilometers.
Crockett is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region , which includes parts of the four states of Arkansas , Louisiana , Oklahoma, and Texas.
geography
Crockett is located in the east of the state of Texas in the southern United States. About ten kilometers east of the city is the 650 square kilometer Davy Crockett National Forest , about 60 kilometers south is the 660 square kilometer Sam Houston National Forest . Further to the east are the Angelina National Forest and the Sabine National Forest . Crockett is located in the south of an extensive lake landscape that stretches from northeast Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby cities include Latexo (5 km north), Cooper (12 km southwest), Grapeland (15 km north) and Lovelady (18 km south). The next larger city is Houston, about 135 kilometers south, with a population of around 2.1 million .
history
The city was named after the politician and war hero Davy Crockett , who camped near what is now the city on his way to the Battle of the Alamo . This place was near an early railway line. A wealthy Tennessee family donated this land to the city and then renamed it Crockett . The city was officially incorporated into the county and state in 1837. The following year the first post office was built. In 1839 the city was invaded by two Indian tribes. During the civil war , the city was a training center for conscripts.
In 1872 the city was connected to the railroad traffic, which also made it possible to use the local wood deposits and transport them to regional markets. In 1885 the city had 1200 inhabitants. The following year the first school for black women opened and remained in operation until 1972. Lignite mining started in 1904 and reached its economic peak in 1910. Wood resources were exhausted by the 1920s. By 1936 the population grew to 4,500. While the population in the rest of Texas fell steadily during the Second World War , they increased in Crockett, in 1960 there were already 5,000 inhabitants.
In the 1960s, one of the first road rings in the United States was built around Crockett. After this was completed, the local economy experienced an upswing, as numerous new retail spaces were available along the routes.
traffic
In downtown Crockett, different highways meet. On the one hand, the US Highway 287 runs from the north to the southwest of the city , which runs from Montana in the north to the south of Texas over a length of 2882 kilometers through five states. Texas State Highway 19 runs from Paris to Huntsville from the north to the city center on the same route and further south . Texas State Highway 7 runs from Bruceville-Eddy to Joaquin from west to east of the city . Texas State Highway 21 from San Marcos to Milam also runs from the southwest to the northeast of the city . All routes meet in the city center. About two kilometers outside of this, the Texas State Highway 304 runs as a ring around the city as a relief ring.
Houston County Airport , which is mainly served by regional air traffic, is two kilometers east of the city . It has a 1219 meter long runway and handles around 6600 aircraft movements annually.
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 7141 people, divided between 2,672 households and 1,747 families. The population density was 311 people per square kilometer. 48.5% of the population were white, 44.7% black, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% Indian, and 0.1% Pacific islander. 4.8% were of a different ethnicity , 1.1% had two or more ethnicities, and 10.5% were Hispanic or Latin American of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were 86 men. The median age was 35 years and the per capita income was 11,708 US dollars, which means that almost 34% of the population lived below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had dropped to 6950.
Web links
- The city of Crockett website (English)
- Statistical data on Crockett (English)
- Crockett in the Handbook of Texas (English)