Navasota
| Navasota | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1822 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Grimes County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 23 ′ N , 96 ° 5 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,049 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 446.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.9 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.8 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 66 m |
| Postcodes : | 77868, 77869 |
| Area code : | +1 936 |
| FIPS : | 48-50472 |
| GNIS ID : | 1375099 |
| Website : | www.navasotatx.gov |
| Mayor : | Bert Miller |
Navasota is a city in Grimes County in the US state of Texas . According to the 2000 census, the population was 6,789.
In 2005, the state of Texas named the city "The Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of their late son and blues musician Mance Lipscomb . The jazz trumpeter Milt Larkin was born in Navasota in 1910 .
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1611 | - | |
| 1890 | 2997 | 86% | |
| 1900 | 3857 | 28.7% | |
| 1910 | 3284 | -14.9% | |
| 1920 | 5060 | 54.1% | |
| 1930 | 5128 | 1.3% | |
| 1940 | 6138 | 19.7% | |
| 1950 | 5188 | -15.5% | |
| 1960 | 4937 | -4.8% | |
| 1970 | 5111 | 3.5% | |
| 1980 | 5971 | 16.8% | |
| 1990 | 6296 | 5.4% | |
| 2000 | 6789 | 7.8% | |
| 2010 | 7049 | 3.8% | |
| 1880-2000, 2010 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Milt Larkin (1910-1996), jazz trumpeter
- Mance Lipscomb (1895–1976), blues singer and guitarist
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 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 16, 2012
- ↑ a b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
Web links
Commons : Navasota, Texas - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
