Hemphill County

administration
Hemphill County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Canadian
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hemphill County Courthouse P.O. Box 867 Canadian, TX 79014-0867
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	3807 (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2362 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The Hemphill County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Canadian . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in northern Texas, in the Texas Panhandle , on the border with Oklahoma and has an area of 2362 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise in Oklahoma by the following counties: Ellis Counties and Roger Mills Counties , in Texas: Wheeler Counties , Roberts Counties , and Lipscomb Counties .

history

Hemphill County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County . The administrative organization was completed in July 1887. It was named after John Hemphill (1803-1862), an officer in the Second Seminole War , judge on the Supreme Court of Texas , the highest court of the state and senator . In 1861 Hemphill was a member of the Provisional Confederate Congress .

Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train with information sign (2016)

One place in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 24, 2019), the Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train , which was the scene of the Red River War .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	149	-
1890	519	248.3%
1900	815	57%
1910	3170	289%
1920	4280	35%
1930	4637	8.3%
1940	4170	-10.1%
1950	4123	-1.1%
1960	3185	-22.8%
1970	3084	-3.2%
1980	5304	72%
1990	3720	-29.9%
2000	3351	-9.9%
2010	3807	13.6%
1850-2010 Hemphill County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Canadian River

Wooden decking bridge over the Canadian River

As of the 2000 census , Hemphill County had 3,351 people in 1,280 households and 948 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.65 percent white, 1.55 percent African American, 0.72 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.31 percent were descended from two or more races. 15.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,280 households, 32.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 65.2 percent were married couples living together, 5.9 percent were single mothers and 25.9 percent were non-families. 24.4 percent were single households and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

28.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,456 , and the median income for a family is $ 42,036. Males had a median income of $ 31,154 versus $ 19,423 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,929. 10.9 percent of families and 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ Hemphill 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 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 @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. 134.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 13, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 24, 2019.

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

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