Farmersville, Texas

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Farmersville
Nickname : Discover a Texas Treasure
Farmersville November 2015 08 (McKinney Street) .jpg
Location of Farmersville, Texas
Collin County Texas Incorporated Areas Farmersville highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1849
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Collin County
Coordinates : 33 ° 10 ′  N , 96 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 10 ′  N , 96 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,118 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 371.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.8 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.4 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 199 m
Postal code : 75442
Area code : +1 972
FIPS : 48-25488
GNIS ID : 1335715
Website : www.farmersvilletx.com
Mayor : Donald C. Smith

Farmersville is a city in Collin County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located on US Highway 380 and Highway 78 in the east of the county in northeast Texas, is approximately 45 km north of Oklahoma and has a total area of ​​8.8 km², of which 0.4 km² is water.

history

The place was founded in 1849 by settlers. It was named after their work. The first post office was established in 1857 and the first private school around 1860. The public school system only started in 1890.

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census, 3,118 people in 1,115 households and 820 families lived here. The population density was 371.6 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 82.39% White, 10.10% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 5.29% other ethnic groups. About 1.73% were mixed race and 16.13% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,115 households, 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.7% of these were married couples living together. 15.3% were single mothers and 26.4% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were single households and 14.0% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.22.

29.5% of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1% 18 to 24, 27.4% 25 to 44, 19.1% 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 81.0 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 38,094 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,700. Males had a median income of $ 32,331 versus $ 22,647 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,693. 12.5% ​​of the population and 8.5% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 15.3% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 19.7% were 65 or older.

sons and daughters of the town

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