Montague County, Texas
The Montague County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Montague.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Texas and is bordered to the north by Oklahoma. It has an area of 2431 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cooke County, Wise County, Jack County, Clay County and Oklahoma to the following counties: Jefferson County and Love County.
History
Montague County was formed in 1857 from parts of Cooke County. It was named for Daniel Montague, a surveyor and soldier in the Mexican-American War, and later U.S. Senator from Texas.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Montague County 19,117 people in 7,770 households and 5,485 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.95 percent White, 0.18 percent African American, 0.74 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.64 percent from other races groups; 1.21 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.41 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,770 households out of which 28.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 58.1 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 27.1 percent of all households and 14.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91.
24.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.8 percent between 18 to 24, 24.3 percent between 25 and 44, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
The median income for a household in the 31 048 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 38,226. Males have a median income of $ 31,585, women $ 19,589. The per capita income was $ 17,115. 10.0 percent of families and 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Belcherville
- Bonita
- Bowie
- Capps Corner
- Forestburg
- Fruitland
- Hardy
- Illinois Bend
- McDonald
- Montague
- New Harp
- Nocona
- Ringgold
- Saint Jo
- Salona
- Spanish Fort
- Stone castle
- Sunset