Cushing (Texas)
| Cushing | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1902 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Nacogdoches County |
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 49 ′ N , 94 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 444 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 134.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 125 m |
| Postal code : | 75937 |
| Area code : | +1 936 |
| FIPS : | 48-14776 |
| GNIS ID : | 1381638 |
Cushing is a City City parish in Nacogdoches County, East Texas . It is located on the northwestern edge of the county near the county line with Rusk County . The name of the city comes from Edward Benjamin Cushing, an official of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, whose route network was the reason for the establishment of the town. For a long time, Cushing was a local center of the East Texas timber industry and had a population of 579 in 2016.
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| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 473 | - | |
| 1950 | 479 | 1.3% | |
| 1960 | 388 | -19% | |
| 1970 | 396 | 2.1% | |
| 1980 | 518 | 30.8% | |
| 1990 | 587 | 13.3% | |
| 2000 | 637 | 8.5% | |
| 2010 | 612 | -3.9% | |
Just like large parts of Nacogdoches County, the area around Cushing is also characterized by a slightly hilly, largely forested landscape. The municipality covers an area of almost 3.3 square kilometers, which consists exclusively of land. The local climate varies between hot summers and mild, cool winters . The most important road connections are State Highway 204 , which runs from east to west and through the town, and Farm-to-Market-Road 225, which runs northwards . The district capital Nacogdoches is just under 30 kilometers away, Tyler as the next regional center in the northwest is 73 kilometers and the Texas capital Dallas around 212 kilometers.
The place owes its foundation to the routing of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad . The first foundations were laid in 1902. A post office was established in the same year . In 1904, regular passenger traffic began on the railway line . The rail link opened up the northern corner of Nacogdoches County for the timber industry. Due to its rail connection, Cushing advanced to become a dispatch center that supplied the numerous sawmills in the region. In the 1920s, the city had a bank , hotel , weekly newspaper , 28 businesses, and an estimated 600 residents. With around 1,500 residents, the population peaked in 1925. Due to the Depression and the increasing deforestation of the surrounding areas, it fell sharply in the 1930s to a level of 473 residents in 1940. In the following decades, the village managed to increase this low again. However, the number of local businesses fell from 37 in 1965 to 7 in 1990.
Demographics
According to 2016 data from the United States Census Bureau , the population that year was 579 people. 339 of them were male , 240 female . 458 inhabitants were 18 years or older, 121 children or adolescents , 74 older than 65 years. The median age was 35.8 years. According to the census definition race , 511 or 88.3% described themselves as white , 63 or 10.9% as Hispanic or Latino. The definition “more than one ethnic group” was given by 5 residents (0.9%). The median income per household was 45,729 US dollars (USD) according to the census . The side statisticalatlas.org According to the median income of the city, both from the lying US total (53,000 USD) and that of the State of Texas (51,900 USD). The census showed 16.4% of people living in poverty and 23.1% of people without health insurance .
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of Cushing, TX . population.us, accessed on July 16, 2018 (Engl.)
- ↑ a b Cushing, TX . Christopher Long, Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), June 12, 2010
- ↑ See location on Google Maps and on the overview map of Nacogdoches County at Statistical Atlas.com; accessed on August 19, 2018.
- ^ Cushing City, Texas . ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2016, American FactFinder, accessed July 16, 2018.
- ^ Household Income in Cushing, Texas . Overview of household income on statisticalatlas.com, accessed on July 16, 2018 (Engl.)
- ^ Cushing City, TX . Information on the website of the United States Census Bureau, accessed on July 16, 2018 (Engl.)
Web links
- Cushing in the Handbook of Texas (Engl.)