Red River County

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Red River County Courthouse
Red River County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Clarksville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Red River County Courthouse Annex
200 N. Walnut Street
Clarksville, TX 75426-3041
Foundation : 1837
Made up from: Red River District
Area code : 001 903
Demographics
Residents : 12,860  (2010)
Population density : 4.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2739 km²
Water surface : 19 km²
map
Map of Red River County within Texas
Website : www.co.red-river.tx.us

The Red River County is a county in the US state of Texas . The county seat is in Clarksville .

geography

The county is located in northeast Texas on the Red River which forms the border with Oklahoma . To the northeast, the state of Arkansas is about 6 miles away. Red River County covers an area of ​​2,739 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Choctaw County,
Oklahoma 		McCurtain County,
Oklahoma
Lamar County Compass card (de) .svg Bowie County
Delta County Franklin County ,
Titus County 		Morris County

history

Red River County was formed in 1837 from parts of the old Red River District. It was named after the Red River.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 3906 -
1860 8535 118.5%
1870 10,653 24.8%
1880 17.194 61.4%
1890 21,452 24.8%
1900 29,893 39.3%
1910 28,564 -4.4%
1920 35,829 25.4%
1930 30,923 -13.7%
1940 29,769 -3.7%
1950 21,851 -26.6%
1960 15,682 -28.2%
1970 14,298 -8.8%
1980 16.101 12.6%
1990 14,317 -11.1%
2000 14,314 -0%
2010 12,860 -10.2%
1850-2010
Red River County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2010 census , Red River County had 12,860 people in 5,297 households. The population density was 4.7 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 76.5 percent white, 17.4 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.6 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.41 people lived in 5,297 households.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,191  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,516. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Citys

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Lamar County

other places

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Red River County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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 January 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  3. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts . Retrieved October 12, 2012

Web links

Commons : Red River County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 37 ′  N , 95 ° 3 ′  W