Venus (Texas)
| Venus | |||
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.jpg) Downtown Venus |
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| Location in Texas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1903 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| Counties : |
Johnson County Ellis County |
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| Coordinates : | 32 ° 26 ′ N , 97 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,488 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 453 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 203 m | ||
| Postal code : | 76084 | ||
| Area code : | +1 214, 469, 972 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-75236 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1349239 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofvenus.org | ||
| Mayor : | Robert McCurdy | ||
Venus is a small town with the status of Town in the state of Texas in the United States . Most of the city is in Johnson County , with a small portion of the eastern urban area in Ellis County . At the last census in 2010 , Venus had 2,960 inhabitants (of which 2,895 in Johnson County and 65 in Ellis County), in 2018 the population was 3,488.
location
Venus is located around 45 kilometers southwest of downtown Dallas and 25 kilometers west of Waxahachie and east of Cleburne in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex . Surrounding towns are Mansfield in the north, Midlothian in the northeast and east, Maypearl in the southeast, Grandview in the southwest, Alvarado in the west, and Lillian in the northwest.
US Route 67 runs through Venus . The Interstate Highway 35W is about twelve kilometers away.
history
The area around Venus was first settled in the 1850s. The village was initially called Gossip . The population of the small settlement remained low for a long time, it was not until the 1880s that JC Smythe bought several hectares of land and then founded the place, which he named after the daughter of a local doctor, Venus . In 1888 Venus got a post office, two years later the place had ten residents. In the 1890s, the population of Venus finally rose sharply, as the place was conveniently located at the junction of the railway lines of the International-Great Northern Railway and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway . By the late 19th century, Venus had several churches, a school, Burnetta College, and three banks.
In 1903 a council meeting decided to incorporate Venus as a city. In the late 1920s, Venus crossed the 800-inhabitant mark for the first time. However, after the Great Depression , many Venus residents moved to the metropolitan area around Dallas, causing the population to drop to 321 by 1940. In the early 1940s, most of the buildings in Venus were empty. Since the 1970s, the population of Venus has increased again due to the expansion of the Dallas-Fort-Worth Metroplex. In 1990 the urban development was expanded into Ellis County. Between 2000 and 2010 alone, the population of Venus tripled.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 495 | - | |
| 1920 | 842 | 70.1% | |
| 1930 | 570 | -32.3% | |
| 1940 | 321 | -43.7% | |
| 1950 | 357 | 11.2% | |
| 1960 | 324 | -9.2% | |
| 1970 | 414 | 27.8% | |
| 1980 | 518 | 25.1% | |
| 1990 | 977 | 88.6% | |
| 2000 | 910 | -6.9% | |
| 2010 | 2960 | 225.3% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
In 2018, Venus had a population of 3,488, according to the American Community Survey . There were 832 households and 648 families in the city. Of the population, 79.2 percent were white, 15.4 percent African-American and 0.6 percent Asian. 1.6 percent were of other ancestry and 3.2 percent were of multiple origins. 20.2 percent of the population of Venus were Hispanic descent. 66.0 percent of the population were male and 34.0 percent female.
50.5 percent of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 24.0 percent of households had people over 60 years of age. In terms of age, the population of Venus was divided into 22.9 percent minors, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 45.0 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 5.2 percent of the population were 65 years of age old or older. The median age was 32.9 years. In 2018, the median income in Venus per household was $ 60,714 and per family was $ 70,217. 8.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .
education
The Johnson County part of Venus is the seat of the Venus Independent School District, which includes two elementary schools (K-1 and 2–5), a middle school and a high school. In 2018/19, exactly 2,200 students attended the schools in the school district. The part of Venus in Ellis County is part of the Midlothian Independent School District and the Maypearl Independent School District.
Others
The opening scene of the film Bonnie and Clyde was filmed in Venus.
Personalities
- Judith Barrett (1909–2000), actress (including three-quarter time on Broadway , The Road to Singapore )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City History. In: cityofvenus.com , accessed April 22, 2020.
- ^ David Minor: History of Venus. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 22, 2020.
- ^ Venus, Texas, Demographic and Housing Estimates. In: data.census.gov , accessed April 22, 2020.
- ↑ Venus ISD. Texas Tribune, accessed April 22, 2020.