Milford (Texas)
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1888 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Ellis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 7 ′ N , 96 ° 57 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 747 (as of: 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 116.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.39 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 188 m | ||
| Postal code : | 76670 | ||
| Area code : | +1 972 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-48408 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1341604 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofmilfordtx.com | ||
| Mayor : | Bruce Perryman | ||
Milford is a small rural town with the status of Town in southwest Ellis County in the state of Texas in the United States . At the last census in 2010 Milford had 728 inhabitants, for 2018 the population was given as 747.
location
Milford is about 30 kilometers as the crow flies south of Waxahachie on Interstate Highway 35 . Neighboring villages and towns are Italy in the northeast, Mertens in the southeast, Brandon in the south, Carl's Corner in the southwest, Itasca in the west and Grandview in the northwest. US Route 77 runs through Milford between Hillsboro and Waxahachie.
history
In the early 1850s, several newcomers from Cherokee County bought land from landowner Alvin Wright for 50 cents an acre . In 1853 the settler William R. Hudson built a combined residential and commercial building as the first building in the village and named the settlement after the town of Milford in Massachusetts . The following year the settlement received a post office. In 1857 a flour mill started operating in Milford. In 1888 the place was incorporated and WR McDaniel became the first mayor of the newly established city. Two years later, the line of the Dallas and Waco Railway - from 1891 part of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad - was built by Milford, making the city an important trading hub.
The main industry towards the end of the 19th century was the cotton industry . In 1892 Milford had a population of 800 people and there were three churches, a bank, a hotel, two cottonseed oil mills and about two dozen additional businesses and two schools in the town. In 1902, Milford became the site of the Texas Presbyterian College for Girls. In 1926 the railway line running through Milford was electrified. In 1929 the population of Milford peaked at around 1200, but the Great Depression caused the population to decline sharply in the following years. In the same year, the girls' college ceased operations. Milford had only 747 residents in 1931, and the population continued to decline in the years that followed, reaching its lowest point of 490 in 1968. In 2018 Milford had 747 residents again.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 164 | - | |
| 1890 | 353 | 115.2% | |
| 1900 | 653 | 85% | |
| 1910 | 766 | 17.3% | |
| 1920 | 940 | 22.7% | |
| 1930 | 747 | -20.5% | |
| 1940 | 767 | 2.7% | |
| 1950 | 650 | -15.3% | |
| 1960 | 590 | -9.2% | |
| 1970 | 664 | 12.5% | |
| 1980 | 681 | 2.6% | |
| 1990 | 711 | 4.4% | |
| 2000 | 685 | -3.7% | |
| 2010 | 728 | 6.3% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
For the year 2018 the population of Milford was given as 747, this corresponds to a population increase of 19 inhabitants or 2.3 percent compared to the 2010 census. There were 237 households and 171 families in the city. Of the population, 71.0 percent were white, 19.4 percent were African American, and 1.2 percent were Native American. 5.6 percent were of other origins and 2.8 percent were of multiple origins. 14.1 percent of the residents of the city of Milford were Hispanic . 52.2 percent of the population were male and 47.8 percent female.
32.9 percent of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 46 percent of households had seniors over 65 years of age. In terms of age, the population of Garrett was divided into 26.0 percent minors, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 24.2 percent between 25 and 44, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.6 percent of the population were older than 65 years. The median age was 38 years. In 2018, the median income per household was $ 42,386 and per family was $ 48,068. 11.7 percent of Milford's residents lived below the poverty line .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Minor: History of Milford. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 18, 2020.
- ↑ Milford, Texas, Demographic and Housing Estimates. In: data.census.gov , accessed April 18, 2020.