Palo Pinto County

administration
Palo Pinto County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 97000365
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Palo Pinto
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Palo Pinto County Courthouse P.O. Box 219 Palo Pinto, TX 76484-0008
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Bosque County Navarro County
Area code :	001 940
Demographics
Residents :	28,111 (2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2552 km²
Water surface :	84 km²
map

Website : www.co.palo-pinto.tx.us

The Palo Pinto County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States . The county seat is in Palo Pinto .

geography

The county is located about 100 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2552 square kilometers, of which 84 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Jack County , Parker County , Hood County , Erath County , Stephens County, and Young County .

history

Palo Pinto County was formed on August 27, 1856 from parts of Bosque County and Navarro County . The administrative organization was completed on May 13 of the following year. It was named after the Palo Pinto Creek , whose Spanish name Palo Pinto means "painted stick". This could refer to the mesquite trees on this stream, which leave such an impression when overgrown with moss.

Baker Hotel (2007)

Eight structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 27, 2020, including the Baker Hotel , the Palo Pinto County Courthouse, and the Palo Pinto County Jail .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1524	-
1880	5885	-
1890	8320	41.4%
1900	12,291	47.7%
1910	19,506	58.7%
1920	23,431	20.1%
1930	17,576	-25%
1940	18,456	5%
1950	17,154	-7.1%
1960	20,516	19.6%
1970	28,962	41.2%
1980	24,062	-16.9%
1990	25,055	4.1%
2000	27,026	7.9%
2010	28,111	4%
1860-2010 Age pyramid of Palo Pinto County (as of 2000)

The Morris Sheppard Dam on Possum Kingdom Lake

As of the 2000 census , Palo Pinto County had 27,026 people in 10,594 households and 7,447 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.19 percent white, 2.32 percent African American, 0.67 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.71 percent were descended from two or more races. 13.57 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,594 households, 30.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers and 29.7 percent were non-families. 26.2 percent were single households and 12.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02 people.

26.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,203 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,977. Males had a median income of $ 28,526 versus $ 18,834 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,454. 12.3 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Palo Pinto 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. 235.

↑ 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

^ Palo Pinto County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .