Kilgore, Texas
| Kilgore | |
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| Nickname : City of Stars | |
 Location of Kilgore in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Gregg County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 23 ′ N , 94 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 12,975 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 325.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 40.0 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 39.9 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 109 m |
| Postcodes : | 75662, 75663 |
| Area code : | +1 903 |
| FIPS : | 48-39124 |
| GNIS ID : | 1339101 |
Kilgore is a city in Gregg County and Rusk Counties in the US state of Texas .
geography
The city is located in northeast Texas on US Highway 259 and Highways 31, 42 and 135, 77 km to the east from the Louisiana border , 105 km to the northeast from Arkansas , and 145 km to the north from Oklahoma , and has a total area of 40 .0 km², of which 0.1 km² is water.
history
The area was settled before the American Civil War , but the place was only founded in 1872, when the International Great Northern Railroad laid its tracks between Longview and Palestine . The place was named after Constantine Buckley Kilgore , who made the land available for the railroad in this area.
Demographic data
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 6708 | - | |
| 1950 | 9638 | 43.7% | |
| 1960 | 10.092 | 4.7% | |
| 1970 | 9495 | -5.9% | |
| 1980 | 10,968 | 15.5% | |
| 1990 | 11,066 | 0.9% | |
| 2000 | 11.301 | 2.1% | |
| 2010 | 12,975 | 14.8% | |
| 1940-2000, 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 11,301 people in 4,403 households and 2,963 families lived here. The population density was 283.5 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 78.22% White, 12.34% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 6.95% non-American ethnic groups. About 1.38% were of mixed race and 11.11% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,403 households, 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.5% of them were married couples living together. 12.6% were single mothers and 32.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were single households and there were people living in 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.03.
24.6% of the population were under 18 years old, 12.5% 18 to 24, 26.2% 25 to 44, 20.3% 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 91.1 men.
The median income for a household in the 33,910 USD , and the median income for a family 40,737 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,575 versus $ 20,149 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,314. 13.8% of the population and 9.7% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 17.5% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 10.1% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Will Jennings (born 1944), songwriter
- Randy Matson (* 1945), track and field athlete, world record holder and Olympic champion
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from October 17, 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 16, 2012
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)
- Oil Museum in Kilgore (English)
- World's Richest Acre (English)
- Current statistics on Kilgore (Tx) and numerous photos (English)