Editing Hudson Oaks, Texas

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Hudson Oaks, Texas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|image_skyline            = 
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = 
|image_map                = TXMap-doton-AnnettaNorth.PNG
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Hudson Oaks, Texas
|image_map1               = Parker County HudsonOaks.svg
|mapsize1                 = 250px
|map_caption1             =
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|44|52|N|97|41|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|image_seal               = Hudson Oaks Logo.png
|seal_size                = 150px
|seal_type                = Logo
<!-- 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        = [[Parker County, Texas|Parker]]
<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 8.02
|area_land_km2            = 8.02
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.10
|area_land_sq_mi          = 3.10
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=":0" />
|population_total         = 2174
|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_ft             = 1014
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 76087
|area_code                = [[Area code 817|817]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 48-35254<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              = 2410801<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410801}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://hudsonoaks.com/}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Hudson Oaks''' is a city in [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]], [[Texas]], United States located in the [[Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]]. The population was {{formatnum:2174}} in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
Hudson Oaks was founded in 1978. The city currently has a 15 man Police Department and contracts with Weatherford Fire Department. The city is made up of several affluent sub-divisions to include, Red Eagle, Diamond Oaks, Parker Oaks, Enchanted Oaks and Red Oak Hills.

In 1969, shortly before the city was incorporated, Highway Patrolman Douglas Thompson was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. A memorial for Patrolman Thompson is held annually.

Hudson Oaks has been the site of two differing family murder-suicides, one occurring in Hudson Oaks and the other just outside of the city limits. Both occurring in the 2000s. On July 16, 2002, Dee Etta Perez shot and killed her three children shortly before shooting herself. The second family murder-suicide occurred on May 29, 2007, where Gilberta Estrada and her four children were found dead in their mobile home in an apparent family murder-suicide.

In 2019 the successful HEB grocery chain opened up their eighth North Texas location in Hudson Oaks. The city has boasted a number of new businesses which have coined them the nickname, The Entertainment Capital of Parker County. The city also has an annual fireworks show termed Boomin' Fourth and a Christmas festival named COHOHO.

History was made in 2022 when Hudson Oaks connected to the City of Fort Worth's 36 inch main water line which now provides water to the city. Prior to this change, Hudson Oaks and nearby Willow Park had been using [[Lake Weatherford]] for water supplies.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

The city is located in between Weatherford and Willow Park. IH-20 splits the city into two sections, north and south. These sections include many residential neighborhoods and a robust selection of businesses. Hudson Oaks is roughly 20 miles west of Fort Worth and 40 miles west of Dallas.

Hudson Oaks has three highways that intersect in the city, IH-20, Bankhead Highway and US 180.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1980 = 488
| 1990 = 711
| 2000 = 1637
| 2010 = 1662
| 2020 = 2174
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 2656
| 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>{{failed verification |date=February 2023 |reason=No mention of Oaks at the given link}}<br/>2020<ref name=":0" />
}}

<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Hudson Oaks racial composition as of 2020'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4835254&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)
|1,787
|82.2%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|27
|1.24%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0.51%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|15
|0.69%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|2
|0.09%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|13
|0.6%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|107
|4.92%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|212
|9.75%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,174'''
|
|}
{{notelist}}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,174 people, 845 households, and 686 families residing in the city.

==Education==

Hudson Oaks is served by the [[Weatherford Independent School District|Weatherford]] and [[Aledo Independent School District|Aledo]] Independent School Districts.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://newsroom.heb.com/h-e-b-opens-hudson-oaks-strore-expanding-commitment-to-north-texas/
* https://www.dps.texas.gov/memorial/highway-patrolman-douglas-houston-thompson

==External links==
* {{osmway|33245988}}

{{Parker County, Texas}}

{{authority control}}

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