Glasscock County

Glasscock County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Garden City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Glasscock County P.O. Box 190 Garden City, TX 79739-0190
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	1226  (2010)
Population density :	0.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2333 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map
Website : www.co.glasscock.tx.us

The Glasscock County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Garden City .

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas, about 100 km from the southeastern border with New Mexico , and covers an area of ​​2,333 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Howard County , Sterling County , Reagan County , Midland County, and Martin County .

history

Glasscock County was formed on April 4, 1887 from parts of Tom Green County . The administrative organization was completed on March 28, 1893. It was named after George Washington Glasscock (1810–1868), who in 1832 operated a ferry service with a flatboat together with Abraham Lincoln on the Sangamon River . Shortly thereafter, he took part in the Black Hawk War and was a member of the State Legislature of Texas from 1866 to 1872 .

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of May 30, 2019, the Glasscock County Courthouse and Jail .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	208		-
1900	286		37.5%
1910	1143		299.7%
1920	555		-51.4%
1930	1263		127.6%
1940	1193		-5.5%
1950	1089		-8.7%
1960	1118		2.7%
1970	1155		3.3%
1980	1304		12.9%
1990	1447		11%
2000	1406		-2.8%
2010	1226		-12.8%
1850-2010

Age pyramid of Glasscock County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Glasscock County had 1,406 people in 483 households and 355 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent from the Pacific island area and 19.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were from two or more races. 29.9 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 483 households, 42.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 67.5 percent were married couples living together, 2.9 percent were single mothers and 26.5 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent were single households and 7.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.51 people.

33.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 108.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 113 males.

The median income for a household in the 35,655  USD , and the median income for a family was 43,000 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,000 versus $ 27,083 for women. The per capita income was 18,279. 14.7 percent of the population (11.5 percent of families) lived below the poverty line.

politics

In the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections , the Republican Party, with candidates George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in Glasscock County, achieved its best nationwide results at the county level (92% in 2000, 91% in 2004).

Places in the county

• Garden City
• St. Lawrence

Individual evidence

1. ^ Glasscock County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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 
3. ↑ 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. 114 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 30, 2019.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 30, 2019.
5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
6. ^ Glasscock County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Glasscock County, Texas  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Glasscock County profiles" of "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)

Coordinates: 31 ° 52 ′  N , 101 ° 32 ′  W