Grand Saline
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Location in Texas
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Van Zandt County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 41 ′ N , 95 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,094 (as of 2014) | ||
| Population density : | 595 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 122 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75140 | ||
| Area code : | +1 903 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-30476 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1336803 | ||
 The building in the background, the Salt Palace , was built from blocks of salt |
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Grand Saline is a place in Van Zandt County of the US state Texas with the status City with 3094 inhabitants (2014).
geography
Grand Saline is located on US Highway 80 , 100 kilometers east of Dallas and 185 kilometers west of Shreveport .
history
The Cherokee Indians contracted land around what is now the Grand Saline in 1834 and extracted salt by evaporating the water from a surface salt marsh. After the land was cleared for settlement, John Jordan and other settlers acquired land and named the place Jordan's Saline. Mirabeau B. Lamar drove out the natives and the new settlers continued to work with salt production. However, due to the very simple manufacturing process and the poor transport options, the yield was low. It was not until some improvements were made in the salt works, such as digging shallow wells and installing pumps, boilers and treadmills, that production could be increased. During the Civil War , the salt works were taken over and operated by the Confederates . The performance at this time was approximately 100 bags of 100 pounds each. (45 kg) salt per day. After the end of the war the systems were returned to private hands and the output increased to around 250 bags per day. After the Texas and Pacific Railway ran through the town in 1872 , a depot was built and the name of the settlement was changed to Grand Saline. In the following years, the extraction technology was continuously improved and adapted to the most modern conditions. Studies have shown that the mother salt bed is a remnant of a deserted sea during the Permian Age around 250 million years ago. Calculations of the salt located under the earth's surface resulted in a total weight of approx. 3,791,508,184,000 tons, according to which extraction will be available for many thousands of years. The salt consists of 98.2 to 98.5% pure sodium chloride .
In the early summer of each year, a Salt Festival is held in Grand Saline . The focus is on the Salt Palace built from blocks of salt .
Demographic data
In 2014 a population of 3094 people was determined, which means an increase of 2.2% compared to 2000. The average age of the residents in 2014 was 35.6 years, slightly above the average for Texas, which was 34.5 years.
sons and daughters of the town
- Chris Tomlin (* 1972), musician
Individual evidence
Web links
- roadsideamerica.com - Salt Palace Museum
- grand-salines-salt-palace-salt-festival - Salt Festival