Crowell (Texas)

Foard County

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Crowell is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of the Foard County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in the northeast corner of the county in North Texas, is about 40 miles from Oklahoma away and has a total area of 4.9 km ² without significant water surface.

History

The settlement was founded in 1891 and named after George T. Crowell, owner of the land on which the town was built. In December 1860 "liberated " in this area of ​​the Texas Ranger Lawrence Sullivan " Sul " Ross 25 years earlier by Indians kidnapped Cynthia Ann Parker and brought them against their will back to her family.

1892 Crowell was the administrative seat of the newly established Foard County, became a trading center and the largest city of the county. 1900, the place had 500 inhabitants. As Crowell was in 1908 connected to the network of Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, the city flourished, and the population rose to 1925 in 1500. In April 1942, a tornado destroyed 90 % of buildings, ten people were killed, 125 were injured and 1,500 residents were left homeless. After the reconstruction of the city 's population reached 1950 1.922, decreased to 1,509 in 1980 and 1,230 in 1990.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 1,141 people in 465 households and 292 families. The population density was 233.1 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 83.26 % White, 3.07 % African American, 0.70 % Native American, 0.00 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 11.13% from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.84% were of mixed descent, and 17.62 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 465 households 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.3 % were married couples living together. 10.3% were single mothers and 37.0 % were non-families. 34.4 % of all households were single-person households, and 21.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size amounted to 3.08.

26.8 % of the population were under 18 years old, 5.9 % from 18 to 24, 21.9% 25-44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.0 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 79.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 22,214, and the median income for a family $ 31,667. Males have a median income of $ 21,141 versus $ 16,184 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,965. 16.4 % of the population and 11.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 17.1 % have children under the age of 18 and 19.6 % of those 65 or older.