Kent County, Texas

administration
Kent County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Jayton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Kent County Courthouse P.O. Box 9 Jayton, TX 79528-0009
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	808 (2010)
Population density :	0.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2339 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.kent.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,339 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Dickens County , Stonewall County , Fisher County , Scurry County, and Garza County .

history

Kent County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County . The administrative organization was completed on November 8, 1892. It was named after Andrew Kent (1798–1836), a soldier in the Texas Army who died in the Battle of the Alamo .

First National Bank Building (2016)

One place in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 12, 2020, the First National Bank Building .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	92	-
1890	324	252.2%
1900	899	177.5%
1910	2655	195.3%
1920	3335	25.6%
1930	3851	15.5%
1940	3413	-11.4%
1950	2249	-34.1%
1960	1727	-23.2%
1970	1434	-17%
1980	1145	-20.2%
1990	1010	-11.8%
2000	859	-15%
2010	808	-5.9%
1880-2010 Kent County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River

The ruins of the district prison from 1895

According to the 2000 census , Kent County's population was 859 people in 353 households and 247 families. The population density was 0 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.46 percent white, 0.23 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American and 3.73 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.23 percent were descended from two or more races. 9.08 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 353 households, 26.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 61.2 percent were married couples living together, 5.9 percent were single mothers and 30.0 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent were single households and 14.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.83 people.

20.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24, 21.8 percent between 25 and 44, 26.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 25.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,433 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,568. Males had a median income of $ 23,875 versus $ 20,000 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,626. 9.2 percent of families and 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ Kent 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. 161.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 12, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 12, 2020.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Kent County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .