Clarksville, Texas
Clarksville is a city in Red River County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,883. It is the county seat of Red River County[3].
Clarksville is the birthplace of:
- John Edward Williams, author of the National Book Award fiction co-winner for 1973 Augustus and of the novel Stoner.
- Euell Gibbons, author of cookbooks and foraging guides, proponent of natural diets, and television personality popular in the 1960s and 1970s
- J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald a few hours after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
- Barney Cannon (1955•2009), a Country music deejay long associated with radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, got his start in Clarksville in 1972, as a 17-year-old announcer.
- William Humphrey, author of National Book Award nominee "Home from the Hill", this book was also made into a movie directed by Vincent Minnelli shot on location in and around Clarsville in the late 1950s. Author of 5 other novels including "The Ordways" and "Hostage to Fortune", and the memoir "Farther off from Heaven".
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Geography
Clarksville is located at 33°36′40″N 95°3′9″W / 33.61111°N 95.0525°W (33.611086, -95.052448)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 3,883 people, 1,530 households, and 1,006 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,299.2 people per square mile (501.4/km²). There were 1,787 housing units at an average density of 597.9/sq mi (230.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 53.39% White, 42.18% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 3.01% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.29% of the population.
There were 1,530 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,655, and the median income for a family was $31,729. Males had a median income of $21,635 versus $16,189 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,487. About 17.6% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.2% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The area is served by the Clarksville Independent School District.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ . National Association of Counties. . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Categories: Cities in Texas | Red River County, Texas | County seats in Texas
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