Clay County (Texas)

The Clay 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 Henrietta.

Geography

The County is located north of the geographic center of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma and has an area of 2891 square kilometers, of which 48 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cottonwood County and Jefferson County, both in Oklahoma, Montague County, Jack County, Archer County and Wichita County.

History

Clay County was formed in 1857 from parts of Cooke County. It was named after Henry Clay, a statesman from Kentucky and 9 foreign ministers of the United States in the 19th century.

One of the first Europeans who entered this country are probably 1759 Diego Ortiz Parrilla on his way to the Spanish Fort in Montague County, 1786 and 1787 Pedro Vial and José Maresq looking for a way from San Antonio to Santa Fe in New Mexico. The first settlers arrived in 1850 and settled on a southern tributary of the Wichita River, about 3 km from the present-day Henrietta.

1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, only a few people lived in this area dominated by Indians, in Henrietta, only ten families. Most settlers left the area and returned only after the end of the Civil War, when Fort Sill was built. 1882 The Fort Worth and Denver Railway was completed, which led by the County, up to Henrietta. With the progress of construction work, the population grew from a few hundred in 1870 to over 5000 in 1880. This year there were 635 farms in the county already and over 58,000 cattle. 1887 Henrietta got another railway connection in the direction of Missouri and Kansas, boosting the population to more than 17,000 in 1910. Main sources of income were the cultivation of cotton, wheat and cattle.

With the beginning of the Great Depression, the rural exodus began and the Bewvölkerung decreased from 16,800 to 8079 in 1970. Was not until the establishment of small arms and light industry in the 70s and 80s led to a trend reversal.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Clay County 11,006 people in 4,323 households and 3,181 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.35 percent White, 0.42 percent African American, 1.03 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.68 percent from other races groups; 1.42 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.67 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,323 households out of which 30.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 63.2 percent were married couples living together, 7.3 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 23.5 percent of all households and 11.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98.

24.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.8 percent between 18 to 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 25.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94 males and 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 35,738, and the median income for a family was $ 41,514. Males have a median income of $ 28,914, women $ 20,975. The per capita income was $ 16,361. 8.1 percent of families and 10.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Bellevue
Blue Grove
Buffalo Springs
Byers
Charlie
Dean
Deer Creek
Dickworsham
Henrietta
Hurnville
Jolly
Joy
Newport
Petrolia
Shannon
Stanfield
Thornberry
Vashti

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