Editing Hallettsville, Texas

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Hallettsville, Texas
| settlement_type          = City
| motto                    = "The Best Time in Texas"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hallettsville.com/ |title= Halletsville Chamber of Commerce |publisher= Halletsville Chamber of Commerce |access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>

<!-- Images -->| image_skyline            = Hallettsville Lavaca County Courthouse Wiki-1.jpg
| image_caption            = Lavaca County Courthouse
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map                = TXMap-doton-Hallettsville.PNG
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of Hallettsville, Texas
| image_map1               = Lavaca County Hallettsville.svg
| mapsize1                 = 250px
| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Alice Jo Summers
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = 
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1831<ref>Mary Ramsey, "HALLETTSVILLE, TX," [[Handbook of Texas Online]] [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgh01]. Retrieved October 19, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.</ref>

<!-- 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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 7.08
| area_land_km2            = 7.08
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.73
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.73
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2731
| population_density_km2   = 372.28
| population_density_sq_mi = 964.17

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 71
| elevation_ft             = 233
| coordinates              = {{coord|29|26|43|N|96|56|27|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 77964
| area_code                = [[Area code 361|361]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-31868<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=31 January 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1337258<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=31 January 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.cityofhallettsville.org/}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Hallettsville''' is a city in [[Lavaca County, Texas]], United States. Its population was 2,731 at the [[United States census|2020 census]]. It is the [[county seat]] of Lavaca County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=7 June 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Hallettsville also has a sizable German-Texan population, as the town founders were mainly German and Czech immigrants.

==History==
Hallettsville is named after an early founding family that colonized this area.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26517|title= Profile for Hallettsville, Texas, TX|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= October 19, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130209134320/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26517|archive-date= February 9, 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> John Hallett had received a land grant from [[Stephen F. Austin]] in 1831, and after his death in 1836, his wife, Margaret Hallett, donated the land for the town's location.<ref>Mary Ramsey, "HALLETTSVILLE, TX," [[Handbook of Texas Online]] [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgh01]. Retrieved June 8, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.</ref>

A few of the early settlers of the Hallettsville area include Collatinus Ballard, M. B. Bennett, A. W. Hicks, David Ives, Ira McDaniel, and [[William Smeathers]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}}, all  land. It is also located midway between the major cities of [[Houston]] and [[San Antonio]].

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Hallettsville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], ''Cfa'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=378314&cityname=Hallettsville%2C+Texas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Hallettsville, Texas]</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Hallettsville, Texas
|single line = Y
|width=auto
|Jan high F = 64.0
|Feb high F = 68.0
|Mar high F = 74.0
|Apr high F = 80.0
|May high F = 86.0
|Jun high F = 92.0
|Jul high F = 95.0
|Aug high F = 96.0
|Sep high F = 91.0
|Oct high F = 83.0
|Nov high F = 73.0
|Dec high F = 66.0
|year high F = 
| Jan mean F  = 53.0
| Feb mean F  = 57.0
| Mar mean F  = 63.0
| Apr mean F  = 69.5
| May mean F  = 76.0
| Jun mean F  = 81.5
| Jul mean F  = 84.0
| Aug mean F  = 84.5
| Sep mean F  = 80.0
| Oct mean F  = 71.5
| Nov mean F  = 62.0
| Dec mean F  = 55.0
| year mean F =
|Jan low F = 42.0
|Feb low F = 46.0
|Mar low F = 52.0
|Apr low F = 59.0
|May low F = 66.0
|Jun low F = 71.0
|Jul low F = 73.0
|Aug low F = 73.0
|Sep low F = 69.0
|Oct low F = 60.0
|Nov low F = 51.0
|Dec low F = 44.0
|year low F = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.0
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.3
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.7
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.2
|May precipitation inch = 4.9
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.2
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.5
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.2
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.2
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.0
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.3
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.6
|year precipitation inch = 
| Jan precipitation days  = 6
| Feb precipitation days  = 5
| Mar precipitation days  = 5
| Apr precipitation days  = 4
| May precipitation days  = 5
| Jun precipitation days  = 6
| Jul precipitation days  = 5
| Aug precipitation days  = 5
| Sep precipitation days  = 6
| Oct precipitation days  = 5
| Nov precipitation days  = 5
| Dec precipitation days  = 5
| year precipitation days =
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov">{{cite web
| url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov |title=Hallettsville, Texas |access-date=21 March 2021 |date=March 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1870 = 43
| 1880 = 588
| 1890 = 1011
| 1900 = 1457
| 1910 = 1379
| 1930 = 1406
| 1940 = 1581
| 1950 = 2000
| 1960 = 2808
| 1970 = 2712
| 1980 = 2865
| 1990 = 2718
| 2000 = 2345
| 2010 = 2550
| 2020 = 2731
| 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"
|+'''Hallettsville racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4831868&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|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>https://www.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=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,663
|60.89%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|440
|16.11%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|30
|1.1%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|3
|0.11%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|78
|2.86%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|517
|18.93%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,731'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], 2,731 people, 984 households, and 551 families were residing in the city.

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, 2,345 people, 1,019 households, and 627 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,051.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 1,223 housing units had an average density of {{convert|548.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 77.10% White, 16.46% Black, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 4.48% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 11.17% of the population.

Of the 1,019 households, 29.9% had children under 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were not families. About 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,089, and for a family was $38,080. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $20,365 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,811. About 16.4% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under 18 and 14.5% of those 65 or over.
{{clear|left}}

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Hallettsville TX Library.jpg|thumb|Friench Simpson Memorial Library]]

Hallettsville is a center of the traditional domino game [[42 (dominoes)|Texas 42]]. It is home to the Texas Championship Domino Hall of Fame and hosts a State-Championship Straight Domino tournament every year in January, and a Texas State-Championship 42 Domino tournament in March.

Hallettsville hosts multiple Halls of Fame including the Central Texas Semipro Baseball Hall of Fame, Texas Fiddlers Hall of Fame and the Texas State Championship High School Rodeo Hall of Fame.  

Texas State Championship Fiddler's Frolics is a three day event on the fourth weekend in April with fiddlers from all over Texas competing for the title of Texas State Champion Fiddler.<ref name="Dominoes">{{cite news | url=http://www.traveltex.com/pg/Activity.aspx?id=57195429-ba79-465c-9b47-ea8fbbc19c0d | title=Texas Championship Domino Hall of Fame | publisher=Texas Tourism Department | access-date=8 January 2007 | archive-date=January 7, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107070615/http://www.traveltex.com/pg/Activity.aspx?id=57195429-ba79-465c-9b47-ea8fbbc19c0d | url-status=dead }}</ref> It also hosts the annual Kolache Fest the last weekend in September

Hallettsville is the founding home of the Texas and National High School Rodeo with one of the founders Alton Allen inventing the present Calf Roping Barrier, also known as “The Hallettsville Barrier”.

The Friench Simpson Memorial Library has served the residents of Hallettsville and Lavaca County for over 70 years. The modern library houses over 20,000 volumes and is a major source of local history and genealogy research for the area. Public-access computers with Internet connections are available for use at the library.  [http://hallettsvillelibrary.org]

==Education==
[[File:Hallettsville TX High School.jpg|thumb|Hallettsville High School]]

Public education in the city of Hallettsville is provided by the [[Hallettsville Independent School District]]. [[Sacred Heart High School (Hallettsville, Texas)|Sacred Heart Catholic School]], a private prekindergarten–grade 12 campus, is also located in the city.

==Media==
* ''Hallettsville Tribune-Herald''

==Notable people==

* [[Logan Ondrusek]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Andy Rice]], American college and professional football player
* [[Cole Wick]], American college and professional football player
*[[Jonathon Brooks (American football)|Jonathan Brooks]], Professional Football Player for the Carolina Panthers graduated from Halletsville High School

==In popular culture==

Although the actual town involved in the real story of the "Chicken Ranch" is located a few miles north of Hallettsville on Highway 77, film makers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the city scenes in ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'', the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.

Hallettsville is also the featured location in the 2009 horror film titled ''Hallettsville'', which stars [[Gary Busey]] and [[Derek Lee Nixon]].

The town is mentioned in the [[Robert Earl Keen]] song "Armadillo Jackel" as the place where they pay $2.50 for dead armadillos.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-armadillo-jackal-lyrics-robert-earl-keen.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124084751/http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-armadillo-jackal-lyrics-robert-earl-keen.html|archive-date=2018-01-24|url-status=unfit|title=The Armadillo Jackal Lyrics|publisher= Metro Lyrics|access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>

''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' once called Hallettsville the "13 City" because in 1913 it had 13 letters in the name, a population of 1300, 13 churches, 13 newspapers, and even 13 saloons.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lone-star.net/mall/txtrails/halletsville.htm|title= Hallettsville|publisher= lone-star.net |access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bastropia.com/communities/hallettsville/|title= Hallettsville|publisher= Bastropia|access-date= October 19, 2012|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080123053300/http://www.bastropia.com/communities/hallettsville/|archive-date= January 23, 2008}}</ref>

The town is also visited by [[Antoine de Maximy]] for the French TV show ''J'irais dormir chez vous'' (in English ''I'll Come Sleep in Your House''), during his journey in the United States.

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hallettsville, Texas}}
* {{Official|www.cityofhallettsville.org}}

{{Lavaca County, Texas}}
{{Texas}}
{{Texas county seats}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Cities in Lavaca County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:County seats in Texas]]
[[Category:Czech-American culture in Texas]]