Leon County, Texas

administration
Leon County Courthouse in Centerville, listed on the NRHP with number 77001458
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Centerville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Leon County Courthouse P.O. Box 98 Centerville, TX 75833-0098
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Robertson County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	16,801 (2010)
Population density :	6.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2798 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Website : www.co.leon.tx.us

The Leon County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Centerville .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas, about halfway to Louisiana and has an area of 2,798 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Freestone County , Anderson County , Houston County , Madison County , Brazos County , Robertson County, and Limestone County .

history

Leon County was formed in 1846 from parts of Robertson County. It was named after Martin De Leon , the founder of the city of Victoria in Texas.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020, the Leon County Courthouse and Jails .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1946	-
1860	6781	248.5%
1870	6523	-3.8%
1880	12,817	96.5%
1890	13,841	8th %
1900	18,072	30.6%
1910	16,583	-8.2%
1920	18,286	10.3%
1930	19,898	8.8%
1940	17,733	-10.9%
1950	12,024	-32.2%
1960	9951	-17.2%
1970	8738	-12.2%
1980	9594	9.8%
1990	12,665	32%
2000	15,335	21.1%
2010	16.801	9.6%
1850-2010

Age pyramid of Leon County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Leon County had 15,335 people in 6,189 households and 4,511 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 83.53 percent white, 10.39 percent African American, 0.34 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.50 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.06 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,189 households, 28.2 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers and 27.1 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent were single households and 13.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

24.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24, 23.4 percent between 25 and 44, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,981 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,029. Males had a median income of $ 32,036 versus $ 19,607 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,599. 12.6 percent of families and 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Leon County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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

↑ 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 file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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