Archer City, Texas

Archer County

48-03696

Archer City is the county seat ( county seat ) of the Archer County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States of America.

Geography

The city is located in north-central Texas, near the north-south running U.S. Highway 281 to the east and east- west trending U.S. Highway 82, about 55 miles from Oklahoma. The distance to Dallas in the southeast is about 220 km and to Lubbock in the west about 300 km.

History

The settlement was begun in 1876 as a supply depot for three planned various railway lines, the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and the Red River and Rio Grande Railroad, which should run here. Was named the settlement after Branch Tanner Archer, a police chief from Texas and leading figure during the Texas Revolution. Two years later opened the first small post office and in 1879 moved CB Hutto near, ready to put the country for the later city.

The first religious organization was founded by eight members and belonged to the church of the Baptists. The fair was held in the saloon. Later, the city council decided the ban on the sale of alcohol and the saloon served from now on only as a church. 1884, the place had 150 inhabitants and a few shops. The most important commodity was the cotton. In 1890 there were 250 inhabitants and there was a weekly newspaper. Daily reversed a stagecoach with mail and passengers to and from Wichita Falls, built a stone jail was built, as well as two other churches and a hotel made ​​of bricks.

The first oil production, about 20 km outside the city, began around 1912 and 1914 were finally two of the 1876 planned railway lines built, but by other companies: the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad and the South Western Railroad. More oil discoveries shaped the face of the city and the end of 1926 there were in the vicinity of Archer City 17 oil fields with 411 feed pumps. After the first oil boom, the small town grew only slowly and had its highest population in 1970 with 2025 people.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 1,848 people in 758 households, and 506 families. The population density was 322.9 inhabitants per km ². Ethnically, the population itself is composed of 97.56 % White, 0.00 % African American, 0.70 % Native American, 0.00 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 0.81 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 0.92% are descended from two or more races and 2.33 % of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 758 households 33.5 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.2 % were married couples living together. 8.4 % had a female householder with no husband, and 33.2% were non-families. 30.5 % of all households were single-person households, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size is 2.99 people.

25.6% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.5 % from 18 to 24, 25.9 % 25-44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 83.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,886, and the median income for a family $ 36,563. Males have a median income of $ 29,524 versus $ 18,977 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,140. 13.5 % of the population and 11.3 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 13.8 % have children under the age of 18 and 17.9 % of those 65 or older.