Marshall (Texas)
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| Nickname : The Cultural Capital of East Texas | |
![The former Harrison County Courthouse in Christmas lights, listed on the NRHP with the number 77001450 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:MarshallCourthouse.JPG) The former Harrison County Courthouse in Christmas lights, listed on the NRHP as # 77001450 |
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| Location of Marshall in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1841 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Harrison County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 33 ′ N , 94 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 23,523 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 307.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 76.8 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of which 76.6 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 126 m |
| Postcodes : | 75670-75672 |
| Area code : | +1 903 |
| FIPS : | 48-46776 |
| GNIS ID : | 1340990 |
| Website : | www.marshalltexas.net |
| Mayor : | Ed Smith |
Marshall is a city in the northeast of the US state Texas and is the seat of the county seat of Harrison County .
history
Marshall was founded in the Republic of Texas in 1841 . In 1860 it was the fourth largest city in Texas. During the American Civil War, saddles, boots, uniforms, gunpowder and ammunition for the Confederation were made in Marshall. After the fall of Vicksburg , Marshall was the capital of the state of Missouri .
Culture
Marshall is believed to be the birthplace of boogie-woogie in the 1870s. A festival of lights is celebrated in December.
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 1189 | - | |
| 1860 | 4000 | 236.4% | |
| 1870 | 1920 | -52% | |
| 1880 | 5624 | 192.9% | |
| 1890 | 7207 | 28.1% | |
| 1900 | 7855 | 9% | |
| 1910 | 11,452 | 45.8% | |
| 1920 | 14,271 | 24.6% | |
| 1930 | 16,203 | 13.5% | |
| 1940 | 18,410 | 13.6% | |
| 1950 | 22,327 | 21.3% | |
| 1960 | 23,846 | 6.8% | |
| 1970 | 22,937 | -3.8% | |
| 1980 | 24,921 | 8.6% | |
| 1990 | 23,682 | -5% | |
| 2000 | 23,935 | 1.1% | |
| 2010 | 23,523 | -1.7% | |
| 1850-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Johnny Moss (1907-1995), poker player
- Wendy Reves (1916–2007), model, art collector and patron
- Sam B. Hall (1924–1994), lawyer and politician, member of the US House of Representatives, federal judge
- Yelberton Abraham Tittle (1926-2017), NFL American football player
- Floyd Dixon (1929-2006), R&B pianist and singer
- Susan Howard (born 1944), actress
- Alphonso Jackson (* 1945), US Minister for Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- George Foreman (* 1949), former heavyweight professional boxer and Christian clergyman
- Brea Grant (born 1981), actress
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ^ Website of the Boogie-Woogie Foundation
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2015 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
Commons : Marshall, Texas - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
