Tenaha
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1886 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Shelby County |
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 57 ′ N , 94 ° 15 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,257 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 123.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 10.3 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.2 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 106 m |
| Postal code : | 75974 |
| Area code : | +1 936 |
| FIPS : | 48-72188 |
| GNIS ID : | 1369702 |
Tenaha is a town in Shelby County , East Texas . The name refers to the old name of the area during the times of Spanish and Mexican rule. The town was officially founded in 1886. Unlike the same size or even smaller neighboring towns with the status City Tenaha has only to a Town occupied. In 2016 the population was 1,257 people.
description
Tenaha is located in northern Shelby County at the intersection of US Federal Highways 84, 59 and 96, about two miles from the Panola County line . Like the two neighboring cities of Timpson (west) and Joaquin (east), Tenaha is part of a chain of towns along US Highway 84 . The distance to the district capital Center is around 16 kilometers, the distance to the district capital of the neighboring county to the north ( Carthage ) and the Toledo Bend Reservoir , which marks the state border with Louisiana , is around 25 kilometers each. The surrounding landscape is flat to slightly wavy and is characterized throughout by forest and in between cultivation areas and pastures .
Tenaha was first mentioned as a settlement for Anglo-American settlers at the time of the regulator-moderator Wars in the 1840s - a feud between vigilante groups at war with one another . The place name refers to a general name of the region in the early pioneer era - Tenaha Municipally. The official foundation of the town is dated to the year 1886. Initially just a railway station on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway operated connection between Houston and Shreveport , a small-town infrastructure soon developed with a post office , shops and three churches . In 1980 the place had around 200 inhabitants, in 1896 already 680. The economic focus was the onward transport of agricultural and forestry products - especially wood . In the 1950s, several wood processing companies and a canned tomato factory were present in the city. The population in 1988 was 1,073 people. As a replacement for the sharply declining wood industry, the place distinguished itself as a nearby tourism infrastructure location to the nearby Toledo Bend Reservoir.
In the 2000s, the Tenaha Sheriff Department hit the headlines nationwide. The occasion was a series of monetary and property confiscations between 2006 and 2008, which were carried out under the pretext of confiscating drug money . Here, mainly African-American and Hispanic travelers were subjected to a check and were given the option of either agreeing to the seizure of cash or other valuables or to accept arrest on suspicion of drug trafficking. The money confiscated from these actions went into the coffers of the local police. A class action brought by those affected ended in a settlement, in the course of which a large number of the confiscated valuables were returned to their owners. The incident also resulted in the dismissal of a number of officers involved. Elora Mukherjee, an attorney for the Racial Justice Program of the civil rights organization ACLU , characterized some of the incidents as "the worst form of racially motivated property confiscation we have seen in the whole country."
Demographics
According to census -Erhebung 2016, the population was 1,257 people this year. 611 of them were male , 644 female . 906 inhabitants were 18 years or older, 351 children or adolescents , 138 older than 65 years. The median age was 31.1 years. 513 of the respondents described themselves as African American (40.8%), 369 as white (29.4%) and 343 (27.3%) as Hispanic or Latino. A multiethnic background (two or more ethnicities) was indicated by 32 respondents (2.5%). According to Quickfacts information on census.gov , the median income per household in 2017 was 24,048 US dollars (USD). The median value determined is below that of the three comparison units Texas (USD 54,700), USA (USD 55,300) and Shelby County (USD 36,300). The census showed 41.1% of people living in poverty and 30.5% of people without health insurance .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of Shelby County, Texas and Overview of Tenaha, Texas . statisticalatlas.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ Tenaha, TX , Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), June 15, 2010 (Engl.)
- ↑ Texas police will return cash in case that prompted lawsuit . Gary Tuchman / Katherine Wojtecki, CNN, May 7, 2009; Update: 2014 (Engl.)
- ^ Settlement Means No More Highway Robbery in Tenaha, Texas . Elora Mukherjee, ACLU, August 9, 2012 (Engl.)
- ↑ Tenaha town, Texas . ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2016, American FactFinder, accessed December 3, 2018.
- ↑ a b Tenaha town, Texas , brief overview on the website of the United States Census Bureau, accessed December 3, 2018 (Engl.).
- ↑ Household Income in Tenaha, Texas . Household income overview on statisticalatlas.com, accessed December 3, 2018.