Bosque County, Texas
The Bosque 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 Meridian.
Geography
The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2597 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Somervell County, Johnson County, Hill County, McLennan County, Coryell County, Hamilton County and Erath County.
History
Bosque County was formed in 1854 from parts of McLennan County. It was named for the Bosque River.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Bosque County 17 204 people in 6,726 households and 4,856 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 90.75 percent White, 1.92 percent African American, 0.55 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.17 percent from other races groups; 1.47 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.23 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 6,726 households out of which 29.5 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 60.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.2 percent were single mothers and 27.8 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent of all households and 14.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.95 persons.
24.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.2 percent between 18 to 24, 23.8 percent between 25 and 44, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 34,181, and the median income for a family was $ 40,763. Males had a median income of $ 31,669, women $ 21,739. The per capita income was $ 17,455. 8.9 percent of families and 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Brazos Point
- Clifton
- Cranfills Gap
- Eulogy
- Glass
- Hurst Springs
- Iredell
- Kimball
- Kopperl
- Laguna Park
- Lakeside Village
- Lakewood Harbor
- Meridian
- Morgan
- Mosheim
- Norse
- Poesville
- Roswell
- Smiths Bend
- Valley Mills
- Walnut Springs
- Womack
Reserves and Parks
- Katy Park
- Kimball Bend Park
- Meridian State Park
- Morgan Lakeside Park
- Plowman Creek Park
- Soldiers Bluff Park
- Steele Creek Park
- Steele Creek Park