Corsicana, Texas
Navarro County
48-17060
Corsicana is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of Navarro County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city is centrally located in Orange County in east-central Texas and has a total area of 65.2 km ², of which 2.5 km ² water surface.
History
Was founded the place in 1848 and named after the island of Corsica, the birthplace of the parents of José Antonio Navarro, a hero of the Texas Revolution, and after the county was named.
The first public school was in 1847 at the former courthouse, a two- room block house, furnished. 1850 reported the city in 1200 inhabitants, of whom 300 were slaves. The first newspaper, the Prairie Blade was released in 1855. The construction of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1871 brought an economic boom after the connection to the Texas and St. Louis Railway in 1880, the city developed into the leading commercial and cargo center for the whole area and 1885 was the population to around 5000 increased.
1894 led to the first discovery of oil in significant quantities west of the Mississippi for the first oil boom in Texas. 1897, the first refinery was built and a year later 287 oil pumps were in operation and 1900, the city had about 9,000 inhabitants.
Demography
According to the census of 2000, there were 24,485 people in 8,762 households and 5,966 families. The population density was 455.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 59.28 % White, 23.59 % African American, 0.49 % Native American, 0.63 % Asian, 0.47% Pacific Islander residents from the and 13.64 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.91% were of mixed descent, and 22.47 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,762 households, 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.6 % were married couples living together. 15.0 % were single mothers and 31.9% were non-families. 27.3 % of all households were single-person households, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size amounted to 3.21.
27.3 % of the population were under 18 years old, 12.6 % from 18 to 24, 26.6 % 25-44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.0 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 89.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,203, and the median income for a family $ 33,078. Males have a median income of $ 27,516 versus $ 19,844 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,001. 22.3 % of the population and 17.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 29.4 % have children under the age of 18 and 15.1 % of those 65 or older.
Sons and daughters of the town
- James B. Adams ( born 1926 ), a government official
- Aaron Allston (1960-2014), writer
- Mary Brian, actress of the silent film era
- William Arnold Carter (1907-1996), engineer, Major-General and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
- Lefty Frizzell (1928-1975), country singer
- Buck Griffin (1923-2009), country and rockabilly musicians
- John Hardee (1918-1984), tenor saxophonist of the swing
- Eddie Hassell (* 1990), actor
- Beauford H. Jester, politicians and 1947-1949 Governor of the State of Texas
- Luther Alexander Johnson (1875-1965), lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Wesley Johnson ( * 1987), basketball player in the NBA
- Billy Jim Layton (1924-2004), composer
- Jacqueline Logan (1901-1983), actress
- David Newman (1933-2009), tenor saxophonist in jazz and blues area
- Billy Joe Shaver ( born 1939 ), songwriter, singer, writer and actor
- Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901-1968), politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives