Mitchell County, Texas

administration
The Mitchell County Courthouse in Colorado City
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Colorado City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Mitchell County Courthouse 349 Oak Street Colorado City, TX 79512
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	9403 (2010)
Population density :	4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2372 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
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The Mitchell County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Colorado City .

geography

The county is located approximately 100 km northwest of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2372 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Scurry County , Nolan County , Coke County , Sterling County, and Howard Counties .

history

Mitchell County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on January 10, 1881. It was named after the brothers Asa (1795-1865) and Eli Mitchell (1797-1870). Asa settled in the American colony of Stephen F. Austin in Mexico from 1822 . He fought Mexico in 1832 in the Battle of Velasco and four years later in the San Jacinto . Eli settled near Velasco in 1824 . He fired the first cannon shot in the battle at Gonzales , with which the Texan Revolution began.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 19, 2020, the Scott-Majors House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	117	-
1890	2059	1,659.8%
1900	2855	38.7%
1910	8956	213.7%
1920	7527	-16%
1930	14,183	88.4%
1940	12,477	-12%
1950	14,357	15.1%
1960	11,255	-21.6%
1970	9073	-19.4%
1980	9088	0.2%
1990	8016	-11.8%
2000	9698	21%
2010	9403	-3%
1880-2010 Mitchell County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Scott-Majors House , also known as the Heritage House , listed in the NRHP with the number 79002995

According to the 2000 census , Mitchell County had 9,698 people in 2,837 households and 1,997 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.52 percent white, 12.81 percent African American, 0.41 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 10.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 31.03 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,837 households, 30.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.6 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers and 29.6 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent were single households and 15.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00 people.

19.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.5 percent between 18 and 24, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 159.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 174.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,399 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,481. Males had a median income of $ 23,750 versus $ 20,221 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,043. 15.0 percent of families and 17.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Mitchell County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2013 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

↑ 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. 209.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 19, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 19, 2020.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

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