Limestone County, Texas

administration
Limestone County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Groesbeck
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Limestone County Courthouse P.O. Box 350 Groesbeck, TX 76642-0350
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Robertson County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	23,384 (2010)
Population density :	9.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2417 km²
Water surface :	63 km²
map

Website : www.co.limestone.tx.us

The Limestone County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) is in Groesbeck .

geography

The county is northeast of the geographic center of Texas, about halfway to Louisiana and Arkansas . It has an area of 2417 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Navarro County , Freestone County , Leon County , Robertson County , Falls County , McLennan County, and Hill County .

history

Limestone County was formed on April 11, 1846 from parts of Robertson County. The administrative organization was completed on August 18 of the same year. The name Limestone ("limestone") refers to the local occurrence of this type of rock.

Six structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020, including the Joseph E. Johnston Confederate Reunion Grounds , Booker T. Washington Emancipation Proclamation Park, and Texas Hall, Old Trinity University .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2608	-
1860	4537	74%
1870	8591	89.4%
1880	16,240	89%
1890	21,678	33.5%
1900	32,573	50.3%
1910	34,621	6.3%
1920	33,283	-3.9%
1930	39,497	18.7%
1940	33,781	-14.5%
1950	25,251	-25.3%
1960	20,413	-19.2%
1970	18,100	-11.3%
1980	20,224	11.7%
1990	20,946	3.6%
2000	22.051	5.3%
2010	23,384	6%
1850-2010 Limestone County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Fort Parker State Park

Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site

As of the 2000 census , Limestone County had 22,051 people in 7,906 households and 5,652 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 70.75 percent white, 19.07 percent African American, 0.45 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.97 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,906 households, 32.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 13.5 percent were single mothers, and 28.5 percent were non-families. 25.6 percent were single households and 13.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.04 people.

25.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 103.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,366 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,924. Males had a median income of $ 28,069 versus $ 18,893 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,352. 14.4 percent of families and 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Limestone 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 January 24, 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. 179.

↑ 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

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

Web links

Commons : Limestone County, Texas - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

31.54 -96.58Coordinates: 31 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 35 ′ W

[1] Limestone County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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

[3] 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. 179.

[4] 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.

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

[6] Liberty County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .