Nolan County

administration
Nolan County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Sweetwater
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Nolan County Courthouse P.O. Drawer 98 Sweetwater, TX 79556-0098
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	15,216 (2010)
Population density :	6.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2367 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.co.nolan.tx.us

The Nolan County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Sweetwater .

geography

The county is located approximately 60 km northwest of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,367 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Fisher County , Taylor County , Runnels County , Coke County, and Mitchell Counties .

history

Nolan 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 Philip Nolan (1771–1801), a filibuster who carried out corresponding operations in what was then the viceroyalty of New Spain , now Mexico . Nolan was involved in James Wilkinson's conspiratorial plans that envisaged a rebellion in the southwestern United States but ultimately failed to materialize. He led four trade expeditions to Texas, New Spain supposedly to trade horses, but they were likely filibuster operations. In 1800 he built a fort near Nacogdoches and was killed by Spanish soldiers the following year.

RA Ragland Building (2015)

Four structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 27, 2020, including the IM and Margaret Newman House , the RA Ragland Building, and the Sweetwater Commercial Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	640	-
1890	1573	145.8%
1900	2611	66%
1910	11,999	359.6%
1920	10,868	-9.4%
1930	19,323	77.8%
1940	17.309	-10.4%
1950	19,808	14.4%
1960	18,963	-4.3%
1970	16,220	-14.5%
1980	17,359	7%
1990	16,594	-4.4%
2000	15,802	-4.8%
2010	15,216	-3.7%
1880-2010 Age pyramid of Nolan County (as of 2000)

Wind turbine and old western wind turbine

According to the 2000 census , Nolan County had 15,802 people in 6,170 households and 4,288 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.45 percent white, 4.68 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 14.02 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.07 percent were descended from two or more races. 28.04 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,170 households, 32.2 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.0 percent were married couples living together, 12.6 percent were single mothers and 30.5 percent were non-families. 27.1 percent were single households and 13.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01 people.

27.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the 26,209 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 32,004 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,674 versus $ 19,335 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,077. 18.3 percent of families and 21.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Individual evidence

^ Nolan 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 from April 6, 2012 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. 224.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 2020.

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

^ Nolan County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .