De Kalb (Texas)
Bowie County
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De Kalb is a city in Bowie County in the U.S. state of Texas. Covering an area of approximately 3.4 square kilometers, nearly 1,700 people live.
De Kalb is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La -Tex, which includes parts of four states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
Geography
De Kalb is located in the northeast of the state of Texas in the southern United States, about 14 miles from the northern border with Oklahoma and 50 miles from the eastern border with Arkansas. The city is located in a seascape that stretches from northeastern Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico. Thus, for example, is the 82 -square-kilometer Wright Patman Lake about 30 kilometers southeast of the city. 15 km north of De Kalb runs one of the longest rivers in the world, the Red River, which rises in the northern Texas and ends after 1966 kilometers into the Atchafalaya River, which in turn feeds the Mississippi River. North of the city there are several nature reserves and state parks, the largest of more than 120 kilometers northeast remotely located Ouachita National Forest with an area of more than 7200 square kilometers.
Nearby cities include Avery ( 14 km northwest ), New Boston (16 km east), Annona (26 km north-west ) and Clarksville (38 km north-west ). Nearest large city with about 200,000 inhabitants, about 125 kilometers southeast of the remotely located Shreveport.
History
The city's history begins about 1835 when the politician and war hero Davy Crockett lodged on his way to the Battle of the Alamo rest here. According to stories he had asked the residents for the name of the church, after which he could not call. On the idea out himself to propose a name, he remembered the German American General Johann de Kalb (English Johann de Kalb ), whereupon he called the city of De Kalb.
An important reason for the founding of the church was the establishment of a local school. So some of the early settlers of the area in 1839 had enforced the establishment of the DeKalb College. Despite the fact that De Kalb was the first county seat of Bowie County and was on good farmland, the town grew very troublesome. One reason for this was the poorly developed transport network. It was not until 1876, the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built, the city received a connection to the national railway system and grew. So they had until 1884 been two churches, a school and a sawmill and flour mill; the population was approximately 200 By 1890, it had grown to 500, up to that point were still a bank and a local newspaper, the flag was founded.
1980, the population reached 2217 with their historical peak. Farming in the city was of regional importance.
Traffic
From the northwest to the southeast of the city leads the U.S. Highway 82, which runs from New Mexico in the west to Georgia in the East. Northwest of the city he intersects with U.S. Highway 259, which leads from Heavener, Oklahoma to Nacogdoches.
About ten kilometers southeast of the city extends Interstate 30, which leads among other things to Fort Worth, Dallas and Little Rock.
Demography
The 2000 census showed a population of 1769 people, spread over 725 households and 477 families. The population density was 521 people per square kilometer. 66.7 % of the population were white, 30.8 % black, 0.6 % Asian and Pacific Islanders at 0.1 %. 0.7 % were from a different ethnicity, 1.2% had two or more ethnicities, 2.4% were Hispanic or Latino of any ethnicity. For every 100 females were nearly 80 men. The average age was 42 years, the per capita income was 20,750 U.S. dollars, which over 28 % of the population were below the poverty line.
Until the 2010 census, the population dropped to 1699th