Ferris (Texas)
| Ferris | |||
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 Downtown Ferris |
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| Location in Texas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | September 30, 1892 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| Counties : |
Ellis County Dallas County |
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| Coordinates : | 32 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,612 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 217.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.4 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 12 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 142 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75125 | ||
| Area code : | +1 972 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-25752 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1335757 | ||
| Website : | www.ferristexas.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Brooks Williams | ||
Ferris is a small town with a status of City in the state of Texas in the United States . Most of the city is in Ellis County , and a small portion of the northern metropolitan area is in Dallas County . At the last census in 2010 , Ferris had 2,436 inhabitants, for 2018 the population was estimated at 2,612.
location
Ferris is located in the Dallas-Fort-Worth-Metroplex directly on Interstate Highway 45 , about 30 kilometers south-southeast of downtown Dallas and 25 kilometers northeast of Waxahachie . Neighboring cities are Wilmer in the north, Combine in the northeast, Bristol in the southeast, Trumbull in the south, Pecan Hill in the southwest, Red Oak in the west and Lancaster in the northwest.
Through the urban area of Ferris, the Farm-to-Market-Roads lead 660 to Ennis , 664 to Red Oak and 983 to Waxahachie.
history
The Ferris settlement began in 1874 during the construction of the Houston and Texas Central Railway . The place was named after Justus W. Ferris, a lawyer from Waxahachie. The land on which the city lies today was made available by the large landowner McKnight for the construction of the route and a settlement. In the year it was founded, a post office and a general store were opened in Ferris. In 1884 the city had about 300 inhabitants, a grist mill , several cottonseed oil mills , four churches and a school. On September 30, 1892, Ferris was incorporated by a council resolution.
1904 had 901 inhabitants, at the 1910 census there were already 1233 inhabitants. A little later, the Ferris Brick Company was founded in the city, which, due to the clay minerals in the soil in the region around Ferris, laid the foundation for a change in the main industry in the city. In 1914, six brick factories were in operation in Ferris. By 1920 the population rose even further to 1,586 people. As a result of the Great Depression in the late 1920s, many companies in Ferris went bankrupt and many residents left the city. After the end of the Second World War , the economy picked up again, shortly after the war there were four brickworks again in Ferris. Because of this, Ferris was also known as the "Brick Capital of the Nation" and "City that Bricked the World". The Ferris Annual Brick Festival takes place regularly in the city towards the end of April .
Ferris had 1735 inhabitants in 1950 and 1807 in 1960. The expansion of the Dallas-Fort-Worth metroplex and the construction of Interstate Highway 45 in the 1960s led to a further increase in the population in Ferris, so that the city exceeded the 2000-inhabitant mark for the first time in the 1960s. The number of businesses in Ferris has decreased since the 1980s, and the city is now developing into a commuter community .
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 106 | - | |
| 1890 | 311 | 193.4% | |
| 1900 | 904 | 190.7% | |
| 1910 | 1233 | 36.4% | |
| 1920 | 1586 | 28.6% | |
| 1930 | 1438 | -9.3% | |
| 1940 | 1436 | -0.1% | |
| 1950 | 1735 | 20.8% | |
| 1960 | 1807 | 4.1% | |
| 1970 | 2155 | 19.3% | |
| 1980 | 2228 | 3.4% | |
| 1990 | 2212 | -0.7% | |
| 2000 | 2175 | -1.7% | |
| 2010 | 2436 | 12% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
In 2018 Ferris had 2,612 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population increase of 176 inhabitants or 7.2 percent compared to the 2010 census. There were 815 households and 611 families in the city. Of the population, 72.9 percent were white, 12.8 percent African-American and 0.2 percent Asian. 4.6 percent were of other origins and 9.5 percent were of multiple origins. 43.0 percent of Palmer's residents were Hispanic . 47.7 percent of the population were male and 52.3 percent female.
45.6 percent of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 35.2 percent of households had people over 60 years of age. In terms of age, the population of Ferris was 35.4 percent minors, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 18.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.1 percent of the population were older than 65 years. The median age was 29.3 years. In 2018, the median Ferris income per household was $ 58,477 and per family was $ 60,208. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .
education
Ferris is the seat of the Ferris Independent School District. This includes a preschool, a primary school, an intermediate school, a middle school and a high school. In the school year 2018/19, 2706 students were taught in the school district. In some parts of Dallas County that are not part of the metropolitan area but are postal to Ferris, the children attend schools in the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District, which has since been part of the Dallas Independent School District, until its dissolution in 2006.
Personalities
- Robert Ernest House (1875–1930), medical doctor, lived in Ferris
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Hart: History of Ferris. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 19, 2020.
- ^ Ferris, Texas, Demographic and Housing Estimates. In: data.census.gov , accessed April 19, 2020.
- ↑ Ferris ISD. Texas Tribune, accessed April 19, 2020.