Motley County

administration
Motley County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Matador
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Motley County Courthouse P.O. Box 66 Matador, TX 79244-0066
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	1210 (2010)
Population density :	0.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2564 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.motley.tx.us/ips/cms/

The Motley County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Matador . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is north of the geographic center of Texas and about 50 km to the northeast from Oklahoma . It has an area of 2564 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Hall County , Cottle County , Dickens County , Floyd County, and Briscoe Counties .

history

Motley County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on February 25, 1891. It was named after Junius William Mottley (1812-1836), a doctor and signatory of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas . He died in April 1936 at the Battle of San Jacinto .

Traweek House (2016)

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 26, 2020, the Traweek House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	24	-
1890	139	479.2%
1900	1257	804.3%
1910	2396	90.6%
1920	4107	71.4%
1930	6812	65.9%
1940	4994	-26.7%
1950	3963	-20.6%
1960	2870	-27.6%
1970	2178	-24.1%
1980	1950	-10.5%
1990	1532	-21.4%
2000	1426	-6.9%
2010	1210	-15.1%
1880-2010 Motley County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Motley County had 1,426 people in 606 households and 435 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.38 percent white, 3.51 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.14 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.31 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.13 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 606 households, 26.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers and 28.2 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent were single households and 15.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82 people.

24.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.0 percent between 18 and 24, 21.1 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the 28,348 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 33,977 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,395 versus $ 13,333 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,584. 13.9 percent of families and 19.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Motley 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 dated April 2, 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. 217.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 26, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 26, 2020.

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

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