Editing Daingerfield, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Daingerfield, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Daingerf.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Part of the historic downtown
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| image_map          = Morris County Texas incorporated and unincorporated areas Daingerfield highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Morris County, Texas|Morris County]] and the state of [[Texas]].
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| 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  = [[Morris County, Texas|Morris]]
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| 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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 6.37
| area_land_km2      = 6.36
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.46
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.46
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2522
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 394
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|01|50|N|94|43|30|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 75638
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-18464<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2410284<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410284}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.cityofdaingerfield.com/}}
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'''Daingerfield''' is a [[city]]<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html US Census change list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |date=August 6, 2010 }}</ref> in and the [[county seat]] of [[Morris County, Texas|Morris County]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=2011-05-31|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> [[Texas]], United States. The population was 2,560 at the 2010 census.

The bluegrass instrumental tune Old Dangerfield by [[Bill Monroe]] was named after the town of Daingerfield.

==Geography==
<gallery class="center" widths="200px">
Image:Daingerfieldd.jpg|Historic downtown Daingerfield
</gallery>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left| 1870 = 272
| 1880 = 395
| 1890 = 553
| 1920 = 843
| 1930 = 818
| 1940 = 1032
| 1950 = 1668
| 1960 = 3133
| 1970 = 2630
| 1980 = 3030
| 1990 = 2572
| 2000 = 2517
| 2010 = 2560
| 2020 = 2522
| 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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Daingerfield racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4818464&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |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)
|1,223
|48.49%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|792
|31.4%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|16
|0.63%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|2
|0.08%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.04%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|3
|0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|111
|4.4%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|374
|14.83%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,522'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,522 people, 1,035 households, and 674 families residing in the city.

==Education==
[[Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District]] is a [[school district]] based in Daingerfield. Located in [[Morris County, Texas|Morris County]], a small portion of the district extends into [[Titus County, Texas|Titus County]]. The district has four schools in Daingerfield, including [[Daingerfield High School]].

The school district was rated "Academically Acceptable" in 2009 by the [[Texas Education Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html|title = 2009 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html|archive-date = 2015-10-25}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Daingerfield church shooting|First Baptist Church mass murder (1980)]]

==References==

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==External links==

{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.dlsisd.org/ Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD]
* [https://archive.today/20200216032250/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=daingerfield&_cityTown=daingerfield&_state=04000US48&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y factfinder.census.gov]

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[[Category:Cities in Morris County, Texas]]
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