Anderson County (Texas)

The Anderson County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Palestine, named for Palestine, Illinois, the place of origin of one of the first settlers.

Geography

The County is located in East Texas, between Trinity River and the Neches River, is about 150 km away to Louisiana and has an area of 2792 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Henderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Leon County, Freestone County and Navarro County. The terrain is hilly and has heights of 60 to 200 m.

Economy

The main economic activity is the timber industry, where Anderson County is located at number 26 in the United States. Another important issue are the cultivation of cotton, corn and peanuts. In mineral resources, there is oil, gas and ore

History

1826 was David G. Burnet of the Mexican government 's permission a colony in East Texas to set up. Previously, this area was home to the Comanche, Waco, Tawakonis, Kickapoo and Kichai Indians. Anderson County was formed on March 24, 1846 from parts of Houston County. It was named after Kenneth L. Anderson, the last Vice - President of Texas from 1844.

1851, the Palestine Masonic Institute was founded a school for both girls and boys, of course, at that time in separate classrooms by gender. In 1856 it became the Franklin College, which was active until 1881. After this time, public schools have been established.

Most settlers came from the South and from Missouri. 1850, the population was already 2,844, including 600 slaves. 1860 this number was already on 10,398, including 3,688 slaves increased. At the same time the production of cotton increased from 784 bales to 7,517 bales.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Anderson County 55 109 people in 15,678 households and 11,335 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 66.44 percent White, 23.48 percent Black or African American, 0.64 percent Native American, 0.45 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 8.00 percent from other races groups; 0.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.17 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,678 households out of which 34.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 55.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.2 percent were single mothers and 27.7 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent of all households and 11.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.07.

20.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.3 percent between 18 to 24, 37.7 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 155.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 173.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,957, and the median income for a family was $ 37,513. Males have a median income of $ 27,070, women $ 21,577. The per capita income was $ 13,838. 12.7 percent of families and 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Berryville
Blackfoot
Bradford
Brushy Creek
Cayuga
Coffee City
Elkhart
Elmwood
Fincastle
Frankston
Frankston Lake
Harmony
Kickapoo
Massey Lake
Montalba
Mound City
Neches
Palestine
Pert
Salmon
Slocum
Springfield
Tennessee Colony
Tucker
Wells Creek
Yard

60953