Editing Como, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Como, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Como, Texas (circa 1909).jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Como, c. 1909
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = TXMap-doton-Como.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Como, Texas
| image_map1         = Hopkins County Como.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 2.87
| area_land_km2      = 2.86
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.11
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.10
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 728
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 535
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|3|41|N|95|28|25|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 75431
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-16252<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1333188<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1333188}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|cityofcomotx.com}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Como''' is a town<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} City of Como ✯ Texas |url=https://www.cityofcomo.myruralwater.com/ |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=www.cityofcomo.myruralwater.com |language=en}}</ref> in [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 728 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

Texas politician [[Marshall Formby]] was born in Como in 1911. Former [[Texas House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[Erwin Cain]] practices law in [[Sulphur Springs, Texas|Sulphur Springs]] but resides in Como with his wife and three children.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==Geography==
Como is in southeastern Hopkins County, along [[Texas State Highway 11|State Highway 11]], which leads northwest {{convert|10|mi|0}} to Sulphur Springs, the [[county seat]], and southeast {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Winnsboro, Texas|Winnsboro]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|8536|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.30%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Como town, Texas |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4816252 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112810/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4816252 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=March 15, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1920 = 827
| 1930 = 392
| 1940 = 412
| 1950 = 356
| 1960 = 300
| 1970 = 474
| 1980 = 554
| 1990 = 563
| 2000 = 621
| 2010 = 702
| 2020 = 728
| 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"
|+'''Como racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4816252&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |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|url=http://www.census.gov|title=United States Census Bureau|website=census.gov}} {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><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=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|431
|59.2%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|7
|0.96%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|2
|0.27%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|43
|5.91%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|245
|33.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''728'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 728 people, 215 households, and 186 families residing in the town.

==Education==
Como is served by the [[Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://cityofcomotx.com/ City of Como official website]

{{Hopkins County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Hopkins County, Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Texas]]