Freestone County

administration
Freestone County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Fairfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Freestone County Courthouse P.O. Box 1017 Fairfield, TX 75840
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Limestone County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	19,816 (2010)
Population density :	8.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2311 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map

Website : www.co.freestone.tx.us

The Freestone County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Fairfield .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2311 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Henderson County , Leon County , Limestone County, and Navarro County .

history

Freestone County was formed from parts of Limestone County on September 6, 1850, and the administrative organization was completed on July 6 of the following year. It was named after the local stone deposits.

One of the county's buildings is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of May 25, 2019, the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad Depot and Office Building .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	6881	-
1870	8139	18.3%
1880	14,921	83.3%
1890	15,987	7.1%
1900	18,910	18.3%
1910	20,557	8.7%
1920	23,264	13.2%
1930	22,589	-2.9%
1940	21,138	-6.4%
1950	15,696	-25.7%
1960	12,525	-20.2%
1970	11,116	-11.2%
1980	14,830	33.4%
1990	15,818	6.7%
2000	17,867	13%
2010	19,816	10.9%
1860-2010 Freestone County's Pyramid of Age

Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad Depot , listed on the NRHP with the number 79002940

According to the 2000 census , Freestone County had 17,867 people in 6,588 households and 4,664 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.56 percent white, 18.91 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.90 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.97 percent were descended from two or more races. 8.20 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,588 households, 30.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers and 29.2 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent were single households and 13.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

23.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 110.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 110.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,283 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,586. Males had a median income of $ 30,633 versus $ 19,214 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,338. 9.8 percent of families and 14.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ Freestone 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. 107 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 25, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 25, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

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