Tatum (Texas)
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Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1848 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| Counties : |
Rusk County Panola County |
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| Coordinates : | 32 ° 19 ′ N , 94 ° 31 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,175 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 119.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.8 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.8 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 103 m | ||
| Postal code : | 75691 | ||
| Area code : | +1 903 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-71924 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1369625 | ||
Tatum is a city in eastern Texas ( USA ) with a population of around 1383 (2014 estimate).
The place is named after Albert and Mary C. Tatum , who settled in the area in the 1840s and built a plantation with a large mansion in 1848. The village developed from 1885 when the Santa Fe railway line came into the area. In 1886 a post office was set up, about 10 years later a school was opened 10 km northwest of Tatum with the Old Miller School . In 1903 the place got a bank and in 1904 it had 125 inhabitants. In the same year Tatum was destroyed by a tornado and the following year the northern part of the town was devastated by a fire. However, Tatum recovered and grew to 428 residents by 1925. The population peaked in 1988 with 1,531 inhabitants, at the last official census in 2010 the population was 1,175.
sons and daughters of the town
- Larry Centers , football player
- Travian Smith , football player
- Bob Allen , football player
Web links
- Megan Biesele: Tatum, Tx. In: The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), 1999 ff, as of June 15, 2010 (English, tshaonline.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ census.gov ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Megan Biesele: Tatum, Tx. In: The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), 1999 ff, as of June 15, 2010, accessed January 1, 2016. (English, tshaonline.org ).
