Camp Wood, Texas

Real County

48-12388

Camp Wood is a city in Real County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city lies on the Nueces River, south-west of the geographical center of Texas, about 170 kilometers west of San Antonio at the intersection of State Route 55 to the Texas Farm Road 337 and has a total area of 1.3 km ² without significant water surface.

History

The settlement was founded in 1920 by workers of Uvalde Cedar Company. It was named after the former ( 1857-1861 ) located near an outpost of the U.S. military Camp Wood. In 1920, the city 's most northerly stop on the Uvalde and Northern Railroad. The first post office was put into operation in 1921 and 1936 Camp Wood was incorporated as a city.

Made headlines the place in April 1924, when Charles Lindbergh, three years before his Atlantic crossing, here had to perform an unscheduled stopover.

Demographics

According to the census of 2000, there were 822 people in 281 households and 198 families. The population density was 634.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 90.27 % White, 0.12 % African American, 0.97 % Native American, 0.36 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 6.69 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.58% were of mixed descent, and 39.66 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 281 households 34.5 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.6 % were married couples living together. 13.5 % were single mothers and 29.2% were non-families. 27.0 % of all households were single-person households, and 13.5 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.19 persons to.

28.2% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.2 % from 18 to 24, 22.7 % 25-44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.7 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 95.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 19,792, and the median income for a family $ 21,648. Males had a median income of $ 17,500 versus $ 13,182 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,170. 33.6 % of the population and 32.2% of families are below the poverty line. Of which 40.0 % have children under the age of 18 and 36.6 % of those 65 or older.