Stanton (Texas)
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 Location of Stanton in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Martin County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 8 ′ N , 101 ° 48 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,556 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 568 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 812 m |
| Postal code : | 79782 |
| Area code : | +1 915 |
| FIPS : | 48-70040 |
| GNIS ID : | 1347803 |
Stanton is the district capital of Martin County and is located in the southeastern corner of Texas at an altitude of 812 meters. On the map you can find Stanton northeast of Odessa between Midland and Big Spring on Interstate 20. More facts:
history
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 600 | - | |
| 1930 | 1384 | 130.7% | |
| 1940 | 1245 | -10% | |
| 1950 | 1594 | 28% | |
| 1960 | 2690 | 68.8% | |
| 1970 | 2117 | -21.3% | |
| 1980 | 2314 | 9.3% | |
| 1990 | 2576 | 11.3% | |
| 2000 | 2556 | -0.8% | |
| 1920-2000, | |||
Stanton, called Grelton when it was founded in 1881 , was then just one point on the map near the Texas and Pacific Railroad line . German Catholics from Kansas and Arkansas were the first to settle . They renamed the small town Marienfeld in 1885 . However, several periods of drought shattered the Germans' agricultural dreams, forcing them to look for better land - they then found it in Louisiana .
When the German population had almost completely moved away, the city was renamed again in 1890. Schoolchildren, with the help of the faculty, picked the name Stanton after Lincoln's Secretary of War and former Supreme Court Justice Edwin McMaster's Stanton .
Up until 1950, livestock and agriculture , mainly cotton growing, shaped the economic image of Stanton. In 1951 an oil field was discovered in the region and the dawning Stanton benefited from the oil boom that broke out. Hospitals, schools and infrastructure have been modernized. Nevertheless, the Texas and Pacific Railroad discontinued their service to Stanton in 1977 after 96 years. Today two bus routes and the regional airport provide the connection to the outside world.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
Web links
- Stanton in the Handbook of Texas (English)