Editing Callahan County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Callahan County
 | state                = Texas
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1877
 | seat wl              = Baird
 | largest city wl      = Clyde
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 901.3
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 899.4
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1.9
 | area percentage      = 0.2
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 13708
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2021
 | population_est       = 14115 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | ex image             = Callahan County Texas Courthouse 2017.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = Callahan County Courthouse in Baird
 | web                  = www.co.callahan.tx.us
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 19th
 | district2            = 25th
}}

'''Callahan County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 13,708.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Callahan County, Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/callahancountytexas/PST120221|access-date=January 31, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Callahan County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48059|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Baird, Texas|Baird]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1877.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Texas: Individual County Chronologies|work=Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2008|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513024355/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named for James Hughes Callahan, an American soldier in the [[Texas Revolution]]. Callahan County is included in the [[Abilene, Texas]] [[Abilene metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|901|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|899|sqmi|abbr=on}} are land and {{convert|1.9|sqmi|abbr=on}} (0.2%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 20, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Callahan Divide is range of hills that extends {{convert|26| miles}} from west to southeast through [[Taylor County, Texas|Taylor]] and Callahan Counties, with highest elevation {{convert|2411|ft|abbr=on}}, which together with other elevated areas in the two counties provide advantages in [[Lone Star Wind Farm|wind energy]].

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-20 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20 in Texas|Interstate 20]]
* [[Image:US 283.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 283 in Texas|U.S. Highway 283]]
* [[Image:Texas 36.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 36|State Highway 36]]
* [[Image:Texas 206.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 206|State Highway 206]]
* [[Image:Texas 351.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 351|State Highway 351]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Shackelford County, Texas|Shackelford County]] (north)
* [[Eastland County, Texas|Eastland County]] (east)
* [[Brown County, Texas|Brown County]] (southeast)
* [[Coleman County, Texas|Coleman County]] (south)
* [[Taylor County, Texas|Taylor County]] (west)
* [[Jones County, Texas|Jones County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 3453
|1890= 5457
|1900= 8768
|1910= 12973
|1920= 11844
|1930= 12785
|1940= 11568
|1950= 9087
|1960= 7929
|1970= 8205
|1980= 10992
|1990= 11859
|2000= 12905
|2010= 13544
|2020= 13708
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=April 20, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Callahan County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Callahan County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48059&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Callahan County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48059&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Callahan County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48059&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|11,822
|12,065
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,555
|91.61%
|89.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |84.29%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|27
|135
|style='background: #ffffe6; |118
|0.21%
|1.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.86%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|62
|61
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66
|0.48%
|0.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|34
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52
|0.26%
|0.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|7
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.05%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|18
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50
|0.14%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|123
|185
|style='background: #ffffe6; |554
|0.95%
|1.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.04%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|812
|1,025
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,306
|6.29%
|7.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.53%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''12,905'''
|'''13,544'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''13,708'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Per the [[2010 United States Census|2010 United States census]], Callahan County had 13,544 people. Among non-Hispanics, this includes 12,065 White (89.1%), 135 Black (1.0%), 56 Asian (0.4%), 61 Native American, 7 Pacific Islander, 10 from some other race, and 185 from two or more races. The Hispanic or Latino population included 1,025 people (7.6%).

Of the 5,447 households, 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with children and no husband present, and 28.5% were not families. About 24.7% of households were one person and 32.3% had someone who was 65 or older.

The age distribution was 76.2% over 18 and 18.2% 65 or older. The median age was 43.0 years. The gender ratio was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. Among 5,447 occupied households, 78.7% were owner-occupied and 21.3% were renter-occupied.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml | title=American FactFinder | access-date=April 3, 2020 | archive-date=January 9, 2015 | archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150109091741/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml | url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], 12,905 people, 5,061 households, and 3,750 families were in the county. The population density was {{convert|14|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. The 5,925 housing units averaged {{convert|7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the county was 94.78% White, 0.22% Black or African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.70% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 6.29% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
Of the 5,061 households, 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.60% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were not families. About 23.30% of households were one person, and 12.20% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.53, and the average family size was 2.97.

The age distribution was 26.20% under 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 24.90% from 25 to 44, 25.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.

The median household income was $32,463 and the median family income was $37,165. Males had a median income of $27,086 versus $19,720 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,204. About 9.00% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.80% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
Callahan County is part of the [[Texas's 71st House of Representatives district|71st district]] for elections to the [[Texas House of Representatives]].
{{PresHead|place=Callahan County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,180|761|47|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,012|734|92|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,865|569|145|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,378|751|68|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,589|1,063|64|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,542|1,073|39|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,656|1,174|66|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,480|1,666|549|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,134|1,694|1,457|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,887|2,017|17|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,538|1,305|24|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,284|2,002|45|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,581|2,241|42|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,223|665|51|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|921|1,437|738|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|849|2,178|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,261|1,559|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,140|1,199|14|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,431|1,502|5|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|258|1,844|109|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|224|1,962|277|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|309|2,310|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|245|1,739|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|152|2,133|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|979|940|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|244|1,614|88|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|213|804|187|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|74|959|88|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|45|782|52|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Callahan County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|5,973|863|140|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}

==Communities==
[[File:Oil Map of Callahan County 1919 UTA.jpg|thumb|''Oil Map of Callahan County'', 1919]]

===Cities===
* [[Baird, Texas|Baird]] (county seat)
* [[Clyde, Texas|Clyde]]

===Towns===
* [[Cross Plains, Texas|Cross Plains]]
* [[Putnam, Texas|Putnam]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Atwell, Texas|Atwell]]
* [[Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas|Cottonwood]]
* [[Denton, Callahan County, Texas|Denton]]
* [[Dudley, Texas|Dudley]] 
* [[Eula, Texas|Eula]]
* [[Oplin, Texas|Oplin]]
* [[Pueblo, Texas|Pueblo]]
* [[Rowden, Texas|Rowden]]

===Ghost towns===
* [[Admiral, Texas|Admiral]]
* [[Belle Plain, Texas|Belle Plain]]
* [[Callahan City, Texas|Callahan City]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[Robert E. Howard Museum]]
* [[List of museums in West Texas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Callahan County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks#Callahan County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Callahan County]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Callahan County, Texas}}
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc03 Callahan County in ''Handbook of Texas Online''] at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]]
* [http://www.callahancounty.org Callahan County Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113184437/http://www.txcip.org/tac/census/profile.php?FIPS=48059 Callahan County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Callahan County, Texas
|North     = [[Shackelford County, Texas|Shackelford County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Eastland County, Texas|Eastland County]]
|Southeast = [[Brown County, Texas|Brown County]]
|South     = [[Coleman County, Texas|Coleman County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Taylor County, Texas|Taylor County]]
|Northwest = [[Jones County, Texas|Jones County]]
}}

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[[Category:Abilene metropolitan area]]