Ochiltree County

administration
Ochiltree County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Perryton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Ochiltree County Courthouse 511 S. Main Street Perryton, TX 79070-3154
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	10,223 (2010)
Population density :	4.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2378 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

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

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

geography

The county is located in north Texas in the Texas Panhandle , on the border with Oklahoma and has an area of 2378 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Texas Counties and Beaver Counties , both in Oklahoma, Lipscomb Counties , Roberts Counties , and Hansford Counties .

history

Ochiltree County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on February 21, 1889. It was named after William Beck Ochiltree , District Judge, Treasury Secretary, and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas . He was later a member of the Texas State Legislature and in 1861 in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America . Until 1863, Ochiltree served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army infantry during the Civil War .

Two structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 27, 2020, the Buried City Site (41OC1) and the Plainview Hardware Company Building .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	198	-
1900	267	34.8%
1910	1602	500%
1920	2331	45.5%
1930	5224	124.1%
1940	4213	-19.4%
1950	6024	43%
1960	9380	55.7%
1970	9704	3.5%
1980	9588	-1.2%
1990	9128	-4.8%
2000	9006	-1.3%
2010	10,223	13.5%
1890-2010 Ochiltree County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Memorial plaque for the fallen Texan Vietnam veterans

According to the 2000 census , Ochiltree County had 9,006 people in 3,261 households and 2,488 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.2 white population, 0.13 percent African American, 0.94 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.28 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.40 percent were descended from two or more races. 31.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,261 households, 40.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 64.0 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers and 23.7 percent were non-families. 21.0 percent were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18 people.

30.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44, 20.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the 38,013 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 45,565 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,558 versus $ 19,890 for females. The per capita income was 16,707. 13.0 percent of the population 9.8 percent of the families lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Ochiltree 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. 227.

↑ 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

↑ Ochilltree County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .