Jack County

administration
Jack County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Jacksboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jack County Courthouse 100 N. Main Street Jacksboro, TX 76458-1746
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Cooke County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	9044 (2010)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2383 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

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

geography

The county is north-northeast of the geographic center of Texas and is approximately 60 km north of Oklahoma . It has an area of 2383 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. Jack County is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clay County , Montague County , Wise County , Parker County , Palo Pinto County , Young County, and Archer County .

history

Jack County was formed on August 27, 1856 from parts of Cooke County . The administrative organization was completed on July 1, 1857. It was named after the brothers Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) and William Houston Jack (1806-1844). Patrick Churchill was a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in 1837/1838 and District Attorney in 1840/1841 . William Houston was a member of the Alabama State Legislature in 1829 and then served as an officer during the Texas Revolution , fought in the Battle of San Jacinto . In 1836 he was Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas and later a member of its House and Senate.

Two buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of November 12, 2019, with Fort Richardson having the status of a National Historic Landmark .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1000	-
1870	694	-30.6%
1880	6626	854.8%
1890	9740	47%
1900	10,224	5%
1910	11,817	15.6%
1920	9863	-16.5%
1930	9046	-8.3%
1940	10.206	12.8%
1950	7755	-24%
1960	7418	-4.3%
1970	6711	-9.5%
1980	7408	10.4%
1990	6981	-5.8%
2000	8763	25.5%
2010	9044	3.2%
1860-2010 Jack County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Fort Richardson , listed on the NRHP with number 66000816

Aerial view of a wind turbine in Jack County

According to the 2000 census , Jack County's population was 8,763. Of these, 1,081 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,047 households and 2,227 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.68 percent white, 5.55 percent African American, 0.67 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.83 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.97 percent were from two or more races. 7.89 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,047 households, 32.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers, and 26.9 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent were single households and 12.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

23.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 and 24, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 120.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 126.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 32,500 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,323. Males had a median income of $ 28,838 versus $ 20,216 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,210. 10.1 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Individual evidence

↑ Jack 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. 148.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 12, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 12, 2019.
Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed November 12, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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

^ Jack County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .