Editing Celeste, Texas

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| subdivision_name2  = [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt]]
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| population_total   = 809
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'''Celeste''' (''Light Blue'', in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) is a city in [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The population was 809 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==

Like many towns in Hunt County, Celeste<ref name="TSHA">[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlc16 Texas State Historical Association], CELESTE, TX The Handbook of Texas Online</ref> was a product of railroad development. The townsite was platted in 1886 by the [[Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway]] {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of [[Kingston, Texas|Kingston]], on open prairie already crossed by the [[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad|Missouri, Kansas and Texas]] line. This location was chosen in order to ensure that Kingston, whose elected officials had refused to offer incentives to attract the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe to build through their community, would be bypassed by the line as it put down tracks from [[Paris, Texas|Paris]] through [[Farmersville, Texas|Farmersville]] to [[Dallas]].
[[File:Celeste, Texas (ca. 1905-1909).jpg|thumb|left|Sanger Street (circa 1905–09)]]

Celeste was named for the wife of a Santa Fe official. The two rail lines stimulated rapid growth. A post office opened in Celeste in 1886, and a number of merchants moved their businesses from Kingston to Celeste. By 1888 three churches were holding services in the settlement. The population by the mid-1890s stood at 600, and the community maintained three gristmills and cotton gins, a bank, a weekly newspaper, and a graded public school. Celeste was incorporated in 1900, and its population increased from 671 that year to 850 on the eve of [[World War I]].

By 1914 the community had two banks, three cotton gins, a water works, an ice factory, and a weekly newspaper, as well as some thirty-five other businesses. It reported a population of 1,022 by 1926. Its high school and two elementary schools registered 500 students. Some fifty business establishments, including two banks and a newspaper, were in operation. After the 1920s, however, the population of Celeste fell from 803 in 1933 to 518 in the mid-1960s; businesses correspondingly declined, from thirty to sixteen. After the 1960s the town revived; in 1976 its population was 745. In 1982 the community, where [[World War II]] hero [[Audie Murphy]] once lived, had a bank, four churches, ten stores, and a school that enrolled 300 students. The population was 733 in 1990 and 817 in 2010.

==Geography==
Celeste is in northwestern Hunt County along [[U.S. Route 69 in Texas|U.S. Route 69]], which leads northwest {{convert|40|mi}} to [[Denison, Texas|Denison]] and southeast {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]] the Hunt [[county seat]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Celeste has a total area of {{convert|2.9|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Celeste city, Texas |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4813672 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213095431/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4813672 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=March 19, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1890 = 250
| 1900 = 671
| 1910 = 821
| 1920 = 1022
| 1930 = 803
| 1940 = 730
| 1950 = 729
| 1960 = 588
| 1970 = 736
| 1980 = 716
| 1990 = 733
| 2000 = 817
| 2010 = 814
| 2020 = 809
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Celeste racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4813672&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|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 can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|620
|76.64%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|34
|4.2%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|4
|0.49%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|56
|6.92%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|95
|11.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''809'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 809 people, 320 households, and 252 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Celeste Independent School District]] and is home to the [[Celeste High School]] Blue Devils.

==Notable people==

* [[Clint Lorance]] (born 1984), Army officer convicted of second-degree murder for battlefield deaths; [[pardon]]ed
* [[Audie Murphy]], the most decorated soldier in [[World War II]], was born 4.5 miles south of Celeste

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Hunt County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Hunt County, Texas]]