Knox County, Texas

administration
Knox County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Benjamin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Knox County Courthouse P.O. Box 196 Benjamin, TX 79505-0196
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	3719 (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2216 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
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The Knox County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Benjamin . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Texas, about 70 km from the Oklahoma border and has an area of 2216 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Foard County , Baylor County , Haskell County, and King Counties .

history

Knox County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Bexar County and Young County . The administrative organization was completed on March 20, 1886. It was named after Henry Knox , an American Revolutionary War general who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill , and the United States' first Secretary of War .

State Highway 16 Bridge at the Brazos River (2015)

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020, the State Highway 16 Bridge at the Brazos River .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	77	-
1890	1134	1,372.7%
1900	2322	104.8%
1910	9625	314.5%
1920	9240	-4%
1930	11,368	23%
1940	10,090	-11.2%
1950	10,082	-0.1%
1960	7857	-22.1%
1970	5972	-24%
1980	5329	-10.8%
1990	4837	-9.2%
2000	4253	-12.1%
2010	3719	-12.6%
1880-2010

Knox County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Knox County had 4,253 people; 1,690 households and 1,166 families were counted. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.4 percent white, 6.9 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent from the Pacific island area and 14.8 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.6 percent were from two or more races. 25.1 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,690 households, 30.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers and 31.0 percent were non-families. 29.6 percent were single households and 17.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.02 people.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.6 percent between 18 and 24, 22.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 22.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 87.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 25,453 , and the median income for a family is $ 30,602. Males had a median income of $ 25,571 versus $ 20,865 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,443. 17.1 percent of families and 22.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ Knox 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 November 8, 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. 166.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.

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

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