Crystal City (Texas)
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 Location of Crystal City in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Zavala County |
| Coordinates : | 28 ° 41 ′ N , 99 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,138 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 759.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.4 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.4 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 170 m |
| Postal code : | 78839 |
| Area code : | +1 830 |
| FIPS : | 48-18020 |
| GNIS ID : | 1355449 |
Crystal City is a city in the US state of Texas in Zavala County , of which it is the district capital. It has about 7200 inhabitants (as of 2000 census) on an area of 9.4 km 2 .
Crystal City calls itself the "world capital of spinach".
Internment of possibly "hostile aliens"
After Germany declared war in December 1941, z. B. Americans of German origin and immigrants ( enemy aliens ) interned here by the US Department of Justice during World War II . The “Crystal City” camp had different sections for the different nationalities of origin. As a way of avoiding internment, there was a return to Germany by means of a Norwegian ship until the end of the war .
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 800 | - | |
| 1930 | 6609 | 726.1% | |
| 1940 | 6529 | -1.2% | |
| 1950 | 7198 | 10.2% | |
| 1960 | 9101 | 26.4% | |
| 1970 | 8104 | -11% | |
| 1980 | 8334 | 2.8% | |
| 1990 | 8263 | -0.9% | |
| 2000 | 7190 | -13% | |
| 2010 | 7138 | -0.7% | |
| 1920-2000, 2010 | |||
See also
sons and daughters of the town
- Danny Kladis , racing car driver
Individual evidence
- ↑ World War II Internment Camps in the Handbook of Texas
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 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 16, 2012
Web links
Commons : Crystal City, Texas - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Handbook of Texas Online (English)
- Statistics for Crystal City (Tx) of city-data (English)