Maypearl

Maypearl
Former bank in Maypearl
Location in Texas
Maypearl
Basic data
Foundation :	1910 (incorporation)
State :	United States
State :	Texas
County :	Ellis County
Coordinates :	32 ° 19 ′  N , 97 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 19 ′  N , 97 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	781 (as of: 2018)
Population density :	371.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	2.14 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	162 m
Postal code :	76064
Area code :	+1 972
FIPS :	48-47268
GNIS ID :	1341124
Website :	ci.maypearl.tx.us
Mayor :	JoAnn Mathers

Maypearl (until 1903 Eyrie ) is a small town with the status City in Ellis County in the state of Texas in the United States . At the last census in 2010 Maypearl had 934 inhabitants, by 2018 the population had decreased to 781.

location

Maypearl is located 15 kilometers southwest of Waxahachie in western Ellis County. The center of Dallas is located approximately 55 kilometers from Maypearl removed. Neighboring villages and towns are Mountain Peak in the north, Waxahachie in the northeast, Boz-Bethel and Five Points in the east, Bell Branch in the southeast, Pluto in the south, Grandview in the southwest and Alvarado and Venus in the northwest. Maypearl is located at 66 Farm-to-Market Road .

history

Downtown Maypearl

The settlement was founded towards the end of the 19th century. In 1894 the village was given a post office and named Eyrie . On June 25, 1903, the place was renamed Maypearl, the name is derived from the names of the daughters of two employees of the International Great Northern Railroad , which reached the settlement at that time as part of its expansion. Maypearl was incorporated in 1910, four years later there was an elementary school and high school in Maypearl that taught 300 children and young people from Maypearl city and the surrounding areas, two banks, four churches and 25 businesses. In 1920 the city had 417 inhabitants. Between 1925 and 1960 the population rose only slowly to 440 in 1960. The number of businesses even decreased during this period.

In the 1970s, the population increased from Maypearl again with 462 inhabitants in 1977 and 686 inhabitants in 1986. In November 1988, the city was Waxahachie with some of its surrounding communities, including Maypearl, as the location of the particle accelerator Superconducting Super Collider selected , but the project was discontinued in 1993 for cost reasons.

Demographics

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1920	417		-
1930	410		-1.7%
1940	377		-8th %
1950	373		-1.1%
1960	359		-3.8%
1970	462		28.7%
1980	626		35.5%
1990	781		24.8%
2000	746		-4.5%
2010	934		25.2%
US Decennial Census

For the year 2018 the population of Maypearl was given as 781, this corresponds to a population decrease of 153 inhabitants or 16.4 percent compared to the 2010 census. 85.3 percent of the population were white, 4.6 percent African-American , 5, 6 percent were Asian, 1.2 percent were of other ancestry, and 3.3 percent were of multiple origins. 19.3 percent of Maypearl's residents were Hispanics or Latinos. 46.2 percent of the population were male and 53.8 percent female.

In terms of age, the population of Garrett was 34.8 percent minors, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24, 24.6 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.2 percent of the population were older than 65 years. In 2018, the median income per household was $ 67,794 and per family was $ 71,042. 8.1 percent of Maypearl's residents lived below the poverty line .

education

Maypearl is the seat of the Maypearl Independent School District , which administers an elementary school, an intermediate school, a middle school and a high school. In 2017, a total of 1175 students were taught in the school district.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brian Hart: History of Maypearl, Texas. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 18, 2020.
2. ↑ Maypearl, Texas, Demographic and Housing Estimates. In: data.census.gov , accessed April 18, 2020.