Angelina County, Texas

The Angelina 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 Lufkin, the largest city of the county. Lufkin was named for Abraham P. Lufkin, a cotton merchant and town councilor, and friend of Paul Bremond, president of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway.

Geography

The County is located in East Texas between the Angelina Abdulhasani the north and the Neches River in the south, is about 100 miles from Louisiana away and has an area of 2239 square kilometers, of which 163 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Nacogdoches County, San Augustine County, Jasper County, Tyler County, Polk County, Trinity County, Houston County and Cherokee County.

History

Angelina County was formed on April 22, 1846 from parts of Nacogdoches County. Named after a girl Hainai Indians, which should have helped by Spanish legends around 1690 the first missionaries other indigenous people almost bring the Christian faith. The first seat of the county government was Marion, in 1854 it was Jonesville, Homer from 1858 and from 1892 Lufkin. Angelina County is the only county in Texas, which was named after a woman.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Angelina County 80 130 people in 28 685 households, and 21,255 families. The population density was 39 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 75.10 percent White, 14.72 percent Black or African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.67 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 7.77 percent from other races groups; 1.42 percent were descended from two or more races. 14.35 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 28 685 households out of which 36.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 57.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 25.9 percent were non-families. 22.8 percent of all households and 9.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.18 persons.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.7 percent between 18 to 24, 28.6 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.

The median income for a household was $ 33,806, and the median income for a family was $ 39,505. Males have a median income of $ 30,373, women $ 20,221. The per capita income was $ 15,876. 12.4 percent of families and 15.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Bald Hill
Blix
Burke
Cedar Grove
Central
Clawson
Davisville
Diboll
Dolan
Dunagan
Granville
Herty
Homer
Hudson
Huntington
Keltys
Lufkin
Manning
Moffitt
Nancy
Peavy
Pollok
Providence
Redland
Redtown
Rutland
Woodlawn
Zavalla

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