Gainesville (Texas)
Cooke County
48-27984
Gainesville is the county seat of Cooke County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city covers an area of 44.1 km ², of which 44.0 km ² land and 0.1 km ² water surface.
Demography
Currently live in Gainesville 15,538 people. The population density is 352.9 / km ². From 15,538 inhabitants, 80.77 % White, 6.00% Black, 1.33 % Native American, 0.55 % Asian origin, 9.11 % from other races, 17.47 % Hispanic, and 2.23% are mixed bred.
The inhabitants live in Gainesville 5,969 households. 49.2 % of households consist of married couples, 33.2% have children under the age of 18.
The average age is 34 years.
Special
In the Magazine Extra - The RTL magazine Cologne TV station RTL accompanied since July 2004, the German emigrant family Reimann from Hamburg, who has settled in Gainesville. Meanwhile, in the docu-soap Goodbye Germany! The emigrants of the TV channel VOX ( which also belongs to the RTL Group ) about this family reported.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gene Austin (1900-1972), singer and actor
- Rose Franken, author of novels, plays and screenplays
- Monette Moore (1902-1962), jazz and blues singer
- Charles Paddock (1900-1943), athlete and two -time Olympic champion
- Jake Roberts ( born 1955 ), also known wrestler Jake " The Snake" Roberts
- Claude Weaver, politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives