Hamilton County, Texas

administration
The Hamilton County Courthouse in Hamilton, listed on the NRHP with number 80004125
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Hamilton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hamilton County Courthouse Hamilton, TX 76531-1859
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Bosque County Comanche County Lampasas County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	8517 (2010)
Population density :	3.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2166 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.hamilton.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located approximately 60 km east of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,166 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Erath County , Bosque County , Coryell County , Lampasas County , Mills County, and Comanche Counties .

history

Hamilton County was formed on January 22, 1858 from parts of Bosque County, Comanche County and Lampasas County. It was named after James Hamilton Jr. , the 28th Governor of South Carolina , Mayor of Charleston and a member of the United States House of Representatives .

The Hamilton County Courthouse is one of the county's buildings on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 5, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	489	-
1870	733	49.9%
1880	6365	768.3%
1890	9313	46.3%
1900	13,520	45.2%
1910	15,315	13.3%
1920	14,676	-4.2%
1930	13,523	-7.9%
1940	13.303	-1.6%
1950	10,660	-19.9%
1960	8488	-20.4%
1970	7198	-15.2%
1980	8297	15.3%
1990	7733	-6.8%
2000	8299	7.3%
2010	8517	2.6%
1850-2010 Hamilton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Billy the Kid Museum in Hico

According to the 2000 census , Hamilton County had 8,229 people in 3,374 households and 2,324 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.81 percent white, 0.15 percent African American, 0.44 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.36 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.05 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.41 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,374 households, 27.4 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, and 31.1 percent were non-families. 28.4 percent were single households and 17.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89 people.

23.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.0 percent between 18 and 24, 22.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 87.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,150 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,494. Males had a median income of $ 26,703 versus $ 20,192 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,800. 10.6 percent of families and 14.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Hamilton 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. 126 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 10, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 10, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Hamilton County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .