Crowell (Texas)

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Crowell
Foard County Crowell.svg
Location of Crowell in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Foard County
Coordinates : 33 ° 59 ′  N , 99 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 59 ′  N , 99 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,141 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 232.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 449 m
Postal code : 79227
Area code : +1 940
FIPS : 48-17948
GNIS ID : 1355438
Website : www.crowelltx.com

Crowell is the county capital and seat of the county seat of Foard County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located in the northeast corner of the county in north Texas, is about 40 km from Oklahoma and has a total area of ​​4.9 km² without any significant water surface.

history

The settlement was founded in 1891 and named after George T. Crowell, the owner of the land on which the place was built. In December 1860, the Texas ranger Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross "liberated" Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been abducted by Indians 25 years earlier, and brought her back to her family against her will.

In 1892 Crowell became the administrative seat of the newly formed Foard County, developed into a commercial center and the county's largest city. In 1900 the place had 500 inhabitants. When Crowell was connected to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway network in 1908, the town boomed and the population rose to 1,500 by 1925. In April 1942 a tornado destroyed 90% of the buildings, ten people were killed, 125 were injured and 1,500 residents were left homeless. After the city was rebuilt, the population reached 1,922 in 1950, decreased to 1,509 in 1980 and to 1,230 in 1990.

Demographics

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1900 278 -
1910 1341 382.4%
1920 1175 -12.4%
1930 1946 65.6%
1940 1817 -6.6%
1950 1922 5.8%
1960 1710 -11%
1970 1399 -18.2%
1980 1509 7.9%
1990 1230 -18.5%
2000 1141 -7.2%
1900-2000,

According to the 2000 census, 1,141 people in 465 households and 292 families lived here. The population density was 233.1 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 83.26% White, 3.07% African American, 0.70% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 11.13% other ethnic groups. About 1.84% were mixed race and 17.62% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 465 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.3% of them were married couples living together. 10.3% were single mothers and 37.0% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were single households and there were people living in 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.08.

26.8% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.9% 18 to 24, 21.9% 25 to 44, 22.3% 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 82.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 79.6 men.

The median income for a household in the 22,214 USD , and the median income for a family 31,667 USD. Males had a median income of $ 21,141 versus $ 16,184 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,965. 16.4% of the population and 11.4% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 17.1% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 19.6% were 65 or older.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012

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