Quanah
| Quanah | |
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| Nickname : Q TOWN | |
 Quanah around 1890 |
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| Location of Quanah in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Hardeman County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 18 ′ N , 99 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,022 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 335.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 9.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 479 m |
| Postal code : | 79252 |
| Area code : | +1 940 |
| FIPS : | 48-60044 |
| GNIS ID : | 1365885 |
 Hardeman County Courthouse |
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Quanah is a town in Hardeman County in the US state of Texas and is also the county seat of this county . The place was named after Quanah Parker , the last chief of the Comanche . The astronaut Edward Givens (1930–1967) was born in Quanah.
geography
The place has an area of 9.0 km². Quanah is approximately 300 km from the fifth largest city in Texas, Fort Worth .
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 1477 | - | |
| 1900 | 1651 | 11.8% | |
| 1910 | 3127 | 89.4% | |
| 1920 | 3691 | 18% | |
| 1930 | 4464 | 20.9% | |
| 1940 | 3767 | -15.6% | |
| 1950 | 4589 | 21.8% | |
| 1960 | 4564 | -0.5% | |
| 1970 | 3948 | -13.5% | |
| 1980 | 3890 | -1.5% | |
| 1990 | 3413 | -12.3% | |
| 2000 | 3022 | -11.5% | |
| 1890-2000, | |||
According to the 2000 census, 3,022 people in 1,255 households and 823 families lived here. The population density was 334.3 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 84.05% White, 4.96% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.43% Pacific Islander, 8.24% other races, and 1.92% of two or more Erhnia. 16.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latin American.
Of the 1,255 households, 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.8% were married couples living together, 10.4% were single mothers. 34.4% were not families, 31.9% consisted of single households and 20.2% of the households had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96 people.
25.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9% between 18 and 24, 22.0% between 25 and 44, 22.9% between 45 and 64 and 22.0% were 65 years or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 87.60 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 83.20 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,354 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,506. Males had a median income of $ 26,472 versus $ 18,403 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,841. 16.6% of families and 20.7% of the population are below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Fred C. Koch , chemical engineer and entrepreneur
- Edward Givens , astronaut
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
Web links
- Homepage about Quanah (English)
- Quanah in the Handbook of Texas (English)