Erath County

administration
The Erath County Courthouse in Stephenville, listed on the NRHP with number 77001441
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Stephenville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Erath County Courthouse County Courthouse Stephenville, TX 76401-4219
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Bosque County Coryell County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	37,890 (2010)
Population density :	13.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2823 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

The Erath County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Stephenville . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located approximately 70 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2,823 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. It is bordered, clockwise, by the following counties: Palo Pinto County , Hood County , Somervell County , Bosque County , Hamilton County , Comanche County, and Eastland County .

history

Erath County was formed on January 25, 1856 from parts of Bosque County and Coryell County and the administrative organization was completed on August 4 of the same year. It was named after George Bernard Erath , who migrated from Austria to Texas in 1833 and took part in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 . He then served in the State Legislature of the Republic of Texas and later of Texas for several years .

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 18, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2425	-
1870	1801	-25.7%
1880	11,796	555%
1890	21,594	83.1%
1900	29,966	38.8%
1910	32,095	7.1%
1920	28,385	-11.6%
1930	20,804	-26.7%
1940	20,760	-0.2%
1950	18,434	-11.2%
1960	16,236	-11.9%
1970	18,141	11.7%
1980	22,560	24.4%
1990	27,991	24.1%
2000	33.001	17.9%
2010	37,890	14.8%
1860-2010 Age pyramid of Erath County (as of 2000)

The Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge is listed in the NRHP under the number 77001440

According to the 2000 census , Erath County had 33,001 people in 12,568 households and 8,106 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.72 percent white, 0.82 percent African American, 0.66 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.78 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 15.03 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,568 households, 31.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.7 percent were married couples living together, 7.2 percent were single mothers, and 35.5 percent were non-families. 27.7 percent were single households and 10.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08 people.

24.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 17.0 percent between 18 and 24, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44, 19.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,708 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,491. Males had a median income of $ 27,972 versus $ 20,765 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,655. 10.3 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Erath County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 96 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 18, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 18, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved October 10, 2012

^ Erath County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .