Editing Impact, Texas

{{short description|Town in Taylor County, Texas, United States}}
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'''Impact''' is a [[town]] in [[Taylor County, Texas|Taylor County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 22 as of the 2020 census, down from 35 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], making it the second least populated municipality in Texas. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-45.pdf|title=Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Texas: 2010}}</ref> It is part of the [[Abilene, Texas]] [[Abilene metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and is an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] of the city of Abilene.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|ha}}, all  land.

==History==
The area that became known as Impact began as a {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|adj=on}} poultry farm owned by advertising businessman Dallas Perkins. Prior to 1960, liquor sales were [[Prohibition|prohibited]] in all cities and counties surrounding Abilene.<ref name="AllBusiness">[http://www.allbusiness.com/management/1181710-1.html Beer and Impact, Texas] – AllBusiness.com.</ref> The prohibition of legal liquor sales encouraged bootleggers to produce illegal liquor commonly called "[[moonshine]]".

Perkins capitalized on the potential market for legal liquor among the [[wets]] by purchasing 27 acres of land adjacent to his farm on the outskirts of Abilene and then pushing for its incorporation.<ref name="AllBusiness"/><ref name="Texas_Escapes">[http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Impact-Texas.htm Impact, Texas] – Texas Escapes Online Magazine.</ref> Calling the village "Impact" after his advertising business, 29 signatures of local residents were collected and it was incorporated in 1960.<ref name="Texas_Escapes"/><ref name="Texas_Handbook">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hni05 Impact, Texas] – Handbook of Texas.</ref>

Soon after, the village's citizens voted 18 to 2 to permit liquor sales.<ref name="AllBusiness"/>  Abilene lawyers immediately filed motions to oppose the town's incorporation, but a Texas Supreme Court ruling in 1963 upheld Impact's incorporation and its right to sell liquor.<ref name="AllBusiness"/><ref name="Texas_Escapes"/><ref name="Texas_Handbook"/>

Two liquor stores opened in Impact in 1963. The first month's sales were $463,000 (equivalent to roughly $3.5 million in 2012).<ref name="AllBusiness"/>  With the newfound revenues, the village's roads were paved and lighted, garbage pickup was introduced, and a policeman was hired. One of the liquor stores was Pinky's, which was owned by Perkins and his associates and used a logo of a [[Seeing pink elephants|pink elephant]], thus the name.<ref name="Reporter-News">[http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/local/liq0726.html Bottled-up liquor sentiments enliven the history of Abilene] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015549/http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/local/liq0726.html |date=September 27, 2007 }} – Abilene Reporter-News, July 26, 2001.</ref>

Impact remained the only wholly wet municipality in Taylor County until 1978, when Abilene voters narrowly legalized (by a 131-vote margin) liquor sales in the city.<ref name="Reporter-News"/>  With that vote, Impact lost its reason for being. The liquor stores in Impact soon dried up and closed and the community became just another suburb of Abilene.

Impact has been and still is one of the smallest incorporated communities in Texas. Its population peaked at 61 in 1970 and had declined to 39 by 2000.<ref name="Texas_Handbook"/>

==Demographics==

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Impact racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4835816&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 20, 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>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=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|11
|50.0%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|4.55%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2
|9.09%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|8
|36.36%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''22'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 22 people, 13 households, and 9 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
{{US Census population|align=left
| 1970 = 61
| 1980 = 54
| 1990 = 25
| 2000 = 39
| 2010 = 35
| 2020 = 22
| 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>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 39 people, 14 households, and 9 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|450.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 16 housing units at an average density of {{convert|184.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 58.97% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.69% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 30.77% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 64.10% of the population.

There were 14 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the village the population was spread out, with 35.9% under the age of 18, 15.4% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 129.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $18,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $12,488. There were 30.0% of families and 36.4% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 28.6% of under eighteens and 20.0% of those over 64.

==Education==
The Town of Impact is served by the [[Abilene Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48441_taylor/DC20SD_C48441.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taylor County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48441_taylor/DC20SD_C48441_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4835816_impact/DC20BLK_P4835816.pdf Detail of Impact] - Compare to the AISD boundary maps.</ref>

Impact is zoned to: Stafford Elementary School, Mann Middle School, and [[Abilene High School (Texas)|Abilene High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abileneisd.org/page/school-boundaries|title=School Boundaries|publisher=[[Abilene Independent School District]]|access-date=2024-09-22}} - Compare to census maps.</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{Taylor County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Taylor County, Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Texas]]
[[Category:Abilene metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Abilene, Texas]]
[[Category:Enclaves in the United States]]