Canton (Texas)

Van Zandt County

48-12496

Canton is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of the Van Zandt County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in the center of the county in northeastern Texas, about 110 km north- west of Dallas, at the Texas State Routes 19 and 64, and has a total area of 13.4 km ², of which 1.1 km ² water surface.

History

Canton was 1850, the first place in this area, which was founded. It was named after Old Canton in Smith County, the place of origin of the first settlers. In the same year, the first courthouse was built and a post office, the fourth in the county opened.

1853 opened the first school to Canton Academy, its doors and in 1860 appeared the first weekly newspaper, the Canton Weekly Times. 1880 James S. Hogg, who was district attorney for many years, as governor of Texas.

Nationally known, the city was, as the early 30s it was announced that the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow long time had lived in the Dixie Hotel was built in 1915.

Demographics

According to the census of 2000, there were 3292 people in 1296 households and 848 families. The population density was 244.9 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 94.14 % White, 2.73 % African American, 0.52 % Native American, 0.33 % Asian, 0.09 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.09 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.09% were Mixed Race and 3.49 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1296 households 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.5 % were married couples living together. 10.9% were single mothers and 34.5 % were non-families. 31.4 % of all households were single-person households, and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size amounted to 2.87.

21.4% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.7 % from 18 to 24, 24.2% 25-44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.9 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 83.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,098, and the median income for a family $ 42,500. Males have a median income of $ 32,117 versus $ 20,598 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,351. 11.3 % of the population and 7.9 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 10.6 % have children under the age of 18 and 10.9% of those 65 or older.