Cisco (Texas)

Eastland County

48-15004

Cisco is a city in Eastland County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in the northwest of the county, in north-central Texas on Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 183 and has a total area of 12.6 km ² without significant water surface.

History

The city was founded in 1878 or 1879, when Reverend CG Stevens came to the area and opened a church and a post office. At that time he called the boundary settlement Red Gap. 1881, the rails of the Houston and Texas Central Railway were laid, the near Red Gap crossed a year earlier built railway line of the Texas and Pacific Railway, to which the settlement was moved to the intersection of the two railway lines.

Three years later, the town was officially listed and a new post office was opened. The city was named after John A. Cisco, a New York financier and in charge of the Houston and Texas Central Railway.

Conrad Nicholson Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels came in 1919 in the city to a bank to buy. As this was too expensive, he bought a short hand for a hotel, thus laying the foundation for the Hilton Hotels.

During the oil boom in 1919 - 1921spielte the city a rather minor role, but the population grew quickly to more than 15,000 inhabitants. Gained notoriety the city in the 20's as the venue of the fighting between the Ku Klux Klan and the Texas Rangers, as well as the Santa Claus bank robbery on 22 December 1927 with the for that time the incredible sum of $ 12,000 and $ 150,000 were stolen in securities.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 3,851 people in 1,491 households and 970 families. The population density was 306.6 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 90.00 % White, 3.87 % African American, 0.68 % Native American, 0.16 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander residents from the and 4.02 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.22% were of mixed descent, and 10.00 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,491 households, 27.4 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.3 % were married couples living together. 12.3% were single mothers and 34.9 % were non-families. 31.8 % of all households were single-person households, and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size amounted to 3.03.

24.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 13.4 % from 18 to 24, 21.7% 25-44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.5 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 85.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 24,069, and the median income for a family $ 31,833. Males have a median income of $ 27,222 versus $ 16,250 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,504. 21.8 % of the population and 13.0 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 30.3 % have children under the age of 18 and 20.0 % of those 65 or older.