Cuero
| Cuero | |
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 DeWitt County Courthouse |
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| Location of Cuero in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | DeWitt County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 6 ′ N , 97 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 6,841 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 538.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.8 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.7 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 56 m |
| Postal code : | 77954 |
| Area code : | +1 361 |
| FIPS : | 48-18092 |
| GNIS ID : | 1377543 |
| Website : | www.cityofcuero.com |
| Mayor : | Randy Saenz |
 City map from 1881 |
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Cuero is the district capital and seat of the county seat of DeWitt County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is almost centrally located in the county in southeast Texas, is about 100 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has a total area of 12.8 km² without any significant water surface.
history
The place was named after the Cuero Creek . When the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway expanded its Indianola - San Antonio route , Cuero was chosen as the supply base and station. One of the first residents of the new city was Gustav Schleicher , a German-American engineer, entrepreneur, lawyer and politician. The new city was also supported by Robert Justus Kleberg , a soldier in the Texas War of Independence ("Hero of San Jacinto") and American Civil War , Chairman of the Texas Land Commission (1838), Chief Justice of Austin County (1846), Commissioner of DeWitt County (1848 ) and Chief Justice of DeWitt County (1853–1854), who later lived here and died.
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1333 | - | |
| 1890 | 2442 | 83.2% | |
| 1900 | 3422 | 40.1% | |
| 1910 | 3109 | -9.1% | |
| 1920 | 3671 | 18.1% | |
| 1930 | 4672 | 27.3% | |
| 1940 | 5474 | 17.2% | |
| 1950 | 7498 | 37% | |
| 1960 | 7338 | -2.1% | |
| 1970 | 6956 | -5.2% | |
| 1980 | 7124 | 2.4% | |
| 1990 | 6700 | -6% | |
| 2000 | 6571 | -1.9% | |
| 2010 | 6841 | 4.1% | |
| 1930-2000, 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 6,571 people in 2,500 households and 1,695 families lived here. The population density was 513.6 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 67.25% White, 16.71% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 12.84% other ethnic groups. About 2.07% were mixed race and 34.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,500 households, 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.2% of these were married couples living together. 16.0% were single mothers and 32.2% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were single households and there were people living in 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.13.
27.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5% 18 to 24, 24.4% 25 to 44, 20.3% 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 86.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 80.6 men.
The median income for a household in the 24,931 USD , and the median income for a family 29,500 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,154 versus $ 16,551 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,286. 26.8% of the population and 21.5% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 34.6% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.1% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- John J. Bell (1910–1963), lawyer and politician
- Guy Cordon (1890–1969), US Senator for Oregon
- Leo Frank (1884–1915), Jew whose assassination in Marietta, Georgia led to the public focus on emerging anti-Semitism in the United States and later to the establishment of the Anti-Defamation League .
- Fred Hansen (born 1940), athlete
- Barr McClellan (born 1939), entrepreneur, lawyer, and author
- Jo Morrow (* 1939), film and stage actress
- Sam Neely (1948–2006), country singer, songwriter and producer
- Mary F. Wheeler (* 1938), mathematician
See also
- List of cities in Texas
- List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in DeWitt County, Texas
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- Cuero in the Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics on Cuerio (Tx) from city-data.com (English)