Elgin (Texas)
Bastrop County Travis County
48-23044
Elgin ( pronunciation: [ ɛlɡɪn ] ) is a city in Bastrop County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 290 with Highway 95, about 25 km north of Bastrop in the north of the county in the central southeast Texas and has a total area of 12.2 km ² without significant water surface.
History
1871 moved the Houston and Texas Central Railway their tracks through this area and built a supply depot at the site of the present city named Glasscock. A year later, the place in Elgin was renamed in honor of Robert Morris Elgin, a surveyor of the railway. 1886 came through the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad added a further railway connection and Elgin became the freight center in the area for cotton and cattle.
1890, the population had grown to 1,100 people and at the beginning of the 20th century began with the coal into a nearby mine. In the 50s, a sausage factory was built, which reached about regional notoriety with their Elgin Hot Sausage and laid the foundation for today the city's nickname.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 5,700 people in 1,869 households and 1,349 families. The population density was 468.3 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 67.37 % White, 15.04 % African American, 0.89 % Native American, 0.53 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander residents from the and 12.98 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 3.14% were of mixed descent, and 46.23 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,869 households, 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.8 % were married couples living together. 14.6% were single mothers and 27.8 % were non-families. 22.3 % of all households were single-person households, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.50 persons to.
29.8 % of the population were under 18 years old, 10.6 % from 18 to 24, 28.4 % 25-44, 17.6 % from 45 to 64, and 13.6 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 93.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 38,750, and the median income for a family $ 48,125. Males had a median income of $ 31,368 versus $ 21,095 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,698. 16.1 % of the population and 10.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 21.2 % have children under the age of 18 and 21.7 % of those 65 or older.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Joe Greene ( born 1946 ), American football player