Hood County

The Hood County Courthouse in Granbury, listed as the Hood County Courthouse Historic District on the NRHP under number 74002080
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Granbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 East Pearl Street Granbury, TX 76048-2449
Foundation :	1866
Made up from:	Johnson County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	51,182  (2010)
Population density :	46.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1131 km²
Water surface :	39 km²
map
Website : www.co.hood.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located approximately 90 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​1,131 square kilometers, of which 39 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Parker County , Johnson County , Somervell County , Erath County, and Palo Pinto Counties .

history

Hood County was formed on November 2, 1866 from parts of Johnson County. It was named after John Bell Hood , a Confederate Army general and commander of Hood's Texas Brigade during the American Civil War . He rose to lieutenant general and in 1864 received supreme command of the Army of Tennessee , with which he was defeated by the Union troops in December of the same year in the Battle of Nashville . In 1865 he was stripped of his command.

Baker-Carmichael House (2018)

Three structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 28, 2019, including the Baker-Carmichael House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1870	2585		-
1880	6125		136.9%
1890	7614		24.3%
1900	9146		20.1%
1910	10,008		9.4%
1920	8759		-12.5%
1930	6779		-22.6%
1940	6674		-1.5%
1950	5287		-20.8%
1960	5443		3%
1970	6368		17%
1980	17,714		178.2%
1990	28,981		63.6%
2000	41,100		41.8%
2010	51,182		24.5%
1870-2010 Hood County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Hood County had 41,100 people. Of these, 601 lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 16,176 households and 12,099 families. The population density was 38 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.77 percent white, 0.33 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.04 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.40 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.32 percent were from two or more races. 7.24 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 16,176 households, 28.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 63.6 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers and 25.2 percent were non-families. 21.6 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

23.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24, 25.2 percent between 25 and 44, 26.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 43,668 , and the median income for a family is $ 50,111. Males had a median income of $ 38,662 versus $ 23,723 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,261. 6.0 percent of families and 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Cresson Granbury Lipan

Paluxy Tolar

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved October 10, 2012
2. ↑ Hood County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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 
4. ↑ 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. 139.
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 28, 2019.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 28, 2019.
6. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
7. ^ Hood County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Official website (English).
• Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Hood County Profile" of the Texas Association of Counties (Eng.)

Coordinates: 32 ° 26 ′  N , 97 ° 50 ′  W