Brownwood, Texas
Brown County
48-10780
Brownwood is the county seat ( county seat ) of Brown County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city is located at the junction of U.S. Highways 67, 84 and 377, the road in 2524 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the south of the county, exactly at the geographical center of Texas, and has a total area of 32.6 km ² without significant water surface.
History
The city was, as the County, according to Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Battle of Velasco, named. In 1858 the first post office was opened in 1872 Brownwood was a small settlement with two general stores, a log cabin as a district court and five residential buildings. 1876 , after the town had three churches and 120 inhabitants, a bank was opened and built a schoolhouse. A year later, began with the official sale of land by the Texas State. 1885 appeared with the Brownwood Daily Bee 's first newspaper and the city acquired access to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad. In 1891, a port added to the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad.
In 1900, the population had grown to 3965 people and has become a transit point for those grown in the area of cotton. 1910, the city reached 6967 and 1920 already 8223 inhabitants. Due to oil discoveries were new immigrants, and in 1930 the city had 12,789 inhabitants. In 1940, the Military Camp Camp Bowie was built near the city, however, was closed again in 1946.
Demography
According to the census of 2000, there were 18,813 people in 7,110 households and 4,664 families. The population density was 576.5 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 82.74 % White, 5.51 % African American, 0.61 % Native American, 0.60 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 8.47 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.07% were of mixed descent, and 21.34 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,110 households, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.5 % were married couples living together. 13.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4 % were non-families. 30.1 % of all households were single-person households, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size amounted to 3.05.
27.5 % of the population were under 18 years old, 12.8 % from 18 to 24, 24.3% 25-44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.2 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 84.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,325, and the median income for a family $ 33,991. Males have a median income of $ 29,090 versus $ 18,905 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,158. 21.4 % of the population and 18.2 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 28.9 % have children under the age of 18 and 12.8 % of those 65 or older.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Joe M. Kilgore (1918-1999), politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Madylin Sweeten (* 1991), actress