Editing Joshua, Texas

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| official_name      = Joshua, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
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| map_caption        = Location in [[Johnson County, Texas|Johnson County]] and the state of [[Texas]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Johnson County, Texas|Johnson]]
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| area_total_km2     = 23.82
| area_land_km2      = 23.69
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 9.15
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.05
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2020"/>
| population_total   = 7891
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| elevation_ft       = 915
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 76058
| area_code          = [[Area code 817|817]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-38080<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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| website            = {{URL|www.cityofjoshuatx.us}}
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'''Joshua''' is a city in [[Johnson County, Texas]], United States. The population was {{formatnum:7891}} at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="Census2020"/>

==History==
Joshua is in the [[Cross Timbers]] region of Texas, on land patented by W. W. Byers in 1867. The section was sold in 1874 to John Powell. Caddo Grove, {{convert|2|mi|0}} east of Joshua, was the first community in the area. It had its own post office and was a thriving town until the [[Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway]] was completed from Cleburne to Fort Worth in 1881. The railroad missed Caddo Grove, and a station was built on the tracks at the site of future Joshua. The station was originally called "Caddo Peak", but the name was rejected by the post office because of another community with that name. The name "Joshua" was chosen, purportedly by Dr. D. B. McMillan, after the biblical [[Joshua]]. W. L. West was the first postmaster when the community received a post office in 1882. In 1883, Caddo Grove's post office was withdrawn.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The plat for Joshua was first surveyed in 1880, and the community was organized in 1881 when the railroad arrived. The first store, opened in 1882 by W. L. West, also housed the post office. By 1890, Joshua had a population of 300, two steam-powered corn mills and cotton gins, a hotel, a general store, and a newspaper, the ''Johnson County Record''.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The railroad shipped farm produce, Joshua's largest export. The first one-room school opened in 1890, and in 1899, it moved into a new building. In 1917, this school became Joshua High School. In 1900 and 1912, Joshua suffered major fires. In spite of this, new businesses continued to open. The Citizen's Banking Company, opened in 1904, was run by J. W. Spencer. Two years later, a public water system began. [[Truck garden]]s, orchards, and corn and cotton farms surrounded Joshua.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In 1912, the Fort Worth South Traction Line began to provide [[interurban]] rail service from Cleburne to Fort Worth, with a stop in Joshua. Service stopped in 1932 because of the growing importance of automobile travel. The first car in Joshua was purchased in 1913. By 1914, the community had a population of 824, two cotton gins, an ice plant, a bank, a newspaper named the ''Joshua Star'', and four churches. Local farms grew cotton and potatoes.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

In the mid-1950s, Joshua was incorporated, with Ted Strube as the first mayor. The population dropped to 550 during the 1950s and rose to 924 in 1970. By 1980, it was 1,470. Because of its proximity to Fort Worth, the population grew to 3,828 by 1990. Joshua had 14 businesses in 1970 and 58 in 1980, when seven local manufacturers made such items as aluminum products, boat trailers, leather goods, and windows. The ''Joshua Tribune'' began publication in 1970 and was published until the early 1990s, when it moved to Burleson.<ref>Johnson County History Book Committee, ''History of Johnson County, Texas'' (Dallas: Curtis Media, 1985)</ref><ref>Joshua Historical Committee, ''Joshua: As It Was and Is'' (Cleburne, Texas, 1977)</ref><ref>Lisa C. Maxwell, "Joshua", ''Handbook of Texas Online'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008120940/http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/JJ/hjj1.html] (accessed July 16, 2006), copyright © Texas State Historical Association]</ref>

Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Strube was the first mayor of Joshua about 1949 and was one of the founders of the [[Masonic Lodge]] in Joshua. His wife, Sylvia Couch Strube, was the first [[florist]] of Joshua.<ref>{{cite web|last=Strube|first=Sylvia|title=Obituary|url=http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/obituaries_archive_url/x489005022/Sylvia-Strube/print|publisher=Cleburne Times Review|accessdate=2012-12-11|archivedate=2013-01-20|url-status=dead|location=Cleburne, Tx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120000705/http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/obituaries_archive_url/x489005022/Sylvia-Strube/print|date=September 2008}}</ref>

==Geography==
Joshua is located is bordered to the north by [[Burleson, Texas|Burleson]] and to the south by [[Cleburne, Texas|Cleburne]], the [[county seat]]. [[Texas State Highway 174]] (Broadway Street) runs through the city, leading north {{Convert|7|mi|0}} to the center of Burleson and south {{convert|8|mi|0}} to the center of Cleburne. [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] is {{convert|22|mi}} north of Joshua.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Joshua has a total area of {{convert|17.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip|2|abbr=on}}, or 0.47%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4838080| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Joshua city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 24, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213113618/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4838080| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The north side of the city is drained by Village Creek, a tributary of the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]], while the south side is drained by tributaries of East Buffalo Creek, flowing to the [[Nolan River]], part of the [[Brazos River]] watershed.

A hill known as Brushy Knob stands to the west of Joshua, at a height of 1,042 feet above mean sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSHA {{!}} Brushy Knob (Johnson County)|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brushy-knob-johnson-county|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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{{US Census population
| 1960 = 764
| 1970 = 924
| 1980 = 1470
| 1990 = 3828
| 2000 = 4528
| 2010 = 5910
| 2020 = 7891
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 8901
| estref = 
| 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>{{failed verification|date=February 2023|reason=No mention of Joshua at the given link}}<br/>2020<ref name="Census2020"/>
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<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"
|+'''Joshua racial composition as of 2020'''<ref name="Census2020">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4838080&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |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)
|5,795
|73.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|131
|1.66%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|56
|0.71%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|36
|0.46%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|23
|0.29%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|15
|0.19%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|315
|3.99%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,520
|19.26%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''7,891'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,891 people, 2,928 households, and 2,066 families residing in the city.

==Education==
Public education in Joshua is provided by the [[Joshua Independent School District]]. The district covers {{convert|76.68|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}} and consists of eight campuses.<ref>[http://www.joshuaisd.org/1192106131340770/lib/1192106131340770/attendancezones.pdf?1192106131340770Nav=|&NodeID=124 Joshua ISD Attendance Zone Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073253/http://www.joshuaisd.org/1192106131340770/lib/1192106131340770/attendancezones.pdf?1192106131340770Nav=%7C&NodeID=124 |date=2012-03-21 }} – [[Joshua Independent School District]]. Retrieved 6 May 2009.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cityofjoshuatx.us/ City of Joshua official site]
* [http://www.joshuachamber.org/ Joshua Area Chamber of Commerce]

{{Johnson County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Johnson County, Texas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Texas]]