Haskell County, Texas

Haskell County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Haskell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Haskell County Courthouse P.O. Box 725 Haskell, TX 79521
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Fannin County Milam County
Area code :	001 940
Demographics
Residents :	5899  (2010)
Population density :	2.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2358 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map
Website : www.co.haskell.tx.us

The Paint Creek Power Plant on Lake Stamford

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

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Texas, about 100 km from the Oklahoma border and has an area of ​​2358 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Knox County , Throckmorton County , Shackelford County , Jones County, and Stonewall Counties .

history

Haskell County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Fannin County and Milam County . The administrative organization was completed on January 13, 1885. It was named after Charles Ready Haskell (1817–1836). Haskell was from Tennessee , served as a volunteer in the Texan War of Independence, and was captured during the Battle of Coleto . During the subsequent Goliad massacre on March 27, 1836, he was executed like hundreds of other prisoners of war.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	48		-
1890	1665		3,368.8%
1900	2637		58.4%
1910	16,249		516.2%
1920	14,193		-12.7%
1930	16,669		17.4%
1940	14,905		-10.6%
1950	13,736		-7.8%
1960	11,174		-18.7%
1970	8512		-23.8%
1980	7725		-9.2%
1990	6820		-11.7%
2000	6093		-10.7%
2010	5899		-3.2%
1850-2010

Haskell County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Haskell County's 6,093 people lived in 2,569 households and 1,775 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.78 percent white, 2.79 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 11.67 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.05 percent were descended from two or more races. 20.50 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,569 households, 27.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 30.9 percent were non-families. 29.4 percent were single households and 18.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

23.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.7 percent between 18 and 24, 22.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 25.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 86.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 23,690 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,506. Males had a median income of $ 23,542 versus $ 16,418 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,918. 16.9 percent of families and 22.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Haskell Jud

O Brien Rochester

Rolls Rule

Sageron Weeps

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Haskell 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 dated April 2, 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 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. 133 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Haskell County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Haskell County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Haskell County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Haskell County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

Coordinates: 33 ° 11 ′  N , 99 ° 44 ′  W