Fort Stockton

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Fort Stockton
Nickname : The Friendliest Town in Texas
Pecos County Courthouse
Pecos County Courthouse
Location of Fort Stockton in Texas
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Basic data
Foundation : 1859
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Pecos County
Coordinates : 30 ° 53 ′  N , 102 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 53 ′  N , 102 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 8,283 (as of 2010)
Population density : 622.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.3 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 13.3 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 910 m
Postal code : 79735
Area code : +1 432
FIPS : 48-26808
GNIS ID : 1357597
Website : cityoffortstockton.com
Mayor : Reuben Falcon

Fort Stockton is a city in Pecos County in the US state of Texas . The city describes itself as "The Friendliest Town in Texas". Fort Stockton is the county seat of Pecos County.

geography

Fort Stockton is located in west-west Texas, just north of the geographic center of Pecos County and is approximately 125 km from the eastern border of New Mexico in the north and Mexico in the southeast.

traffic

Fort Stockton is connected to Interstate 10 as well as US Highways 67 , 290 and 385 . There is also a Santa Fe Railroad station and Fort Stockton Airport is 2 miles away .

history

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1920 1297 -
1930 2695 107.8%
1940 3294 22.2%
1950 4444 34.9%
1960 6373 43.4%
1970 8283 30%
1980 8688 4.9%
1990 8524 -1.9%
2000 7846 -8th %
2010 8283 5.6%
1920-2000, 2010

The city emerged from a small settlement founded in 1859 near the military base Fort Stockton , named after Robert F. Stockton , a Commodore in the US Navy in the Mexican-American War and later US Senator from New Jersey .

In the American Civil War Fort Stockton was almost destroyed by General 1867 Edward Hatch rebuilt and the headquarters of the 9th US Cavalry. After the Apaches were defeated in this area in 1882, the government reduced the troops stationed there. Only two companies of the 16th Infantry remained.

After the troops withdrew, the proportion of civilians also decreased, which did not change until 1886 after joining the Texas and Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad . In the following years the city became known as a trading center for cattle and sheep breeding. The city experienced a further economic boom when the first oil discoveries in the area became known in 1926.

Demographic data

At the time of the 2000 census , Fort Stockton had 7,846 people. 101 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 2,790 households and 2,106 families. The population density was 592 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 70.1 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 25.2 percent from other ethnic groups; about 2.5 percent said they were of mixed ancestry. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 69.9 percent of the population.

Of the 2,790 households, 39.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.1 percent of them were married couples living together. 13.3 percent were single mothers and 24.5 percent were non-families. 21.7 percent of all households were single households and 9.6 percent had people who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.25.

30.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.9 percent from 18 to 24, 25.6 percent from 25 to 44, 20.8 percent from 45 to 64, and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 89.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 27,713 , and the median income for a family is $ 30,941. Males had a median income of $ 25,735 versus $ 17,885 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,834. 22.3 percent of the population and 19.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 30.6 percent were children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 17.7 percent were 65 or older.

Worth seeing

  • Pecos County Courthouse
  • Hood Mendel Arena
  • Annie Riggs Memorial Museum
  • Fort Stockton Historical Society
  • E & E Editions-Pac & Ship

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
  2. ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from September 3, 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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ↑ Fort Stockton City, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

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