Palmer (Texas)
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1890 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Ellis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 26 ′ N , 96 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,053 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 267.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.76 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.68 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 141 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75152 | ||
| Area code : | +1 972 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-54744 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1343466 | ||
| Website : | ci.palmer.tx.us | ||
| Mayor : | Kenneth Bateman | ||
Palmer is a small town with the status of Town in Ellis County in the state of Texas in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , there were exactly 2,000 inhabitants in Palmer; in 2018 the population was estimated at 2,053.
location
Palmer is located in northeast Ellis County, about 15 kilometers east of Waxahachie and exactly 40 kilometers as the crow flies southeast of downtown Dallas . The city is on the edge of the Dallas-Fort-Worth metropolitan area and as such still has a rural character. Neighboring villages and towns are Trumbull in the north, Bristol in the east, Garrett in the south, Boyce and Ike in the southwest, and Rockett and Pecan Hill in the northwest.
Palmer is just off Interstate Highway 45 . Through the city leading farm-to-market Roads 813 and 878, which connect the city to Waxahachie.
history
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The urban area of Palmer was first settled in 1872 with the construction of the Houston and Texas Central Railway . The settlement was named after Houston doctor DS Palmer who was a shareholder in the railroad company. Due to the use of the stop as a transshipment point for cotton, the number of inhabitants in Palmer grew strongly from the time it was founded. A post office was set up in 1874. In 1885 Palmer had 250 residents and 28 businesses, including a hotel, a bank, a school, two steam-powered grist mills and two cottonseed oil mills . Before the construction of the first churches in Palmer, the place belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, towards the end of the 19th century four churches were built for the respective faith communities in the place.
In 1890 Palmer was incorporated as a city. In 1902, the Palmer Press Brick Company was founded in the city. By the end of World War I , Palmer had 750 residents, two banks and more than 40 other stores. Thereafter, the population of Palmer fell sharply , also exacerbated by the Great Depression in the late 1920s, until it reached its low point in 1970 with 601 inhabitants. Since then, the city's population has been rising again continuously. In 2015 a new elementary school was built in Palmer.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 63 | - | |
| 1890 | 250 | 296.8% | |
| 1900 | 480 | 92% | |
| 1910 | 605 | 26% | |
| 1920 | 748 | 23.6% | |
| 1930 | 758 | 1.3% | |
| 1940 | 697 | -8th % | |
| 1950 | 647 | -7.2% | |
| 1960 | 613 | -5.3% | |
| 1970 | 601 | -2% | |
| 1980 | 1187 | 97.5% | |
| 1990 | 1695 | 42.8% | |
| 2000 | 1774 | 4.7% | |
| 2010 | 2000 | 12.7% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
In 2018, Palmer had 2,053 inhabitants, a population increase of 53 people or 2.7 percent compared to the 2010 census. There were 632 households and 492 families in the city. Of the population, 82.9 percent were white, 1.9 percent African American , 3.2 percent Native American, and 0.1 percent Asian. 2.9 percent were of other origins and 9.1 percent were of multiple origins. 35.3 percent of Palmer's residents were Hispanic . 48.3 percent of the population were male and 51.7 percent female.
47.3 percent of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 39.9 percent of households had seniors over 65 years of age. In terms of age, the population of Palmer was distributed among 31.1 percent minors, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent of the population were older than 65 years. The median age was 33.2 years. In 2018, the median income per household was $ 54,800 and per family was $ 58,214. 9.5 percent of Palmer's residents lived below the poverty line .
Others
The 1983 film Comeback of Love , which won two Academy Awards, was partially shot in Palmer.
Personalities
- Knocky Parker (1918–1986), jazz pianist and university professor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Minor: History of Palmer. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 19, 2020.
- ↑ Palmer, Texas, Demographic and Housing Estimates. In: data.census.gov , accessed April 19, 2020.
- ↑ Texas Focus: Tender Mercies. In: thestoryoftexas.com , accessed April 19, 2020.