Editing Kaufman County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Kaufman County
 | founded              = February 1848
 | state                = Texas
 | seat wl             = Kaufman
 | largest city wl      = Forney
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 808
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 781
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 27
 | area percentage      = 3.3
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 145310
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | population_est       = 197829 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | ex image             = Kaufman county tx courthouse.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = The Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman
 | web                  = http://www.kaufmancounty.net/
 | time zone            = Central
 | named for            = [[David Spangler Kaufman]]
 | district             = 5th }}

'''Kaufman County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the northeastern area of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 145,310.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaufman County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48257|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Kaufman, Texas|Kaufman]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for [[David S. Kaufman]], a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] and [[diplomat]] from Texas. Kaufman County is part of the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]]. [[Western (genre)|Western]] artist [[Frank Reaugh]] moved from [[Illinois]] to Kaufman County in 1876. There he was directly inspired for such paintings as ''The Approaching Herd'' (1902).<ref>Kaufman County Historical Commission, ''History of Kaufman County'' (Dallas, Texas: Taylor, 1978)</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|808|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|781|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|27|sqmi}} (3.3%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Located in the northeast portion of Texas, it is bounded on the southwest by the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]], and drained by the east fork of that stream.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Kaufman}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-20 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20 in Texas|Interstate 20]]
* [[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|U.S. Highway 80]]
* [[Image:US 175.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 175|U.S. Highway 175]]
* [[Image:Texas 34.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 34|State Highway 34]]
* [[Image:Texas 205.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 205|State Highway 205]]
* [[Image:Texas 243.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 243|State Highway 243]]
* [[Image:Texas 274.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 274|State Highway 274]]
* [[Image:Texas Spur 557.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Spur 557|Spur 557]]

=== Lakes ===

* [[Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas)|Cedar Creek Reservoir]] (small part)
* [[Lake Ray Hubbard]] (small part)
* [[Kaufman Lake]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]] (north)
* [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]] (east)
* [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]] (south)
* [[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]] (southwest)
* [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]] (west)
* [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall County]] (northwest)

==Communities==
===Cities (multiple counties)===
{{div col}}
* [[Combine, Texas|Combine]] (partly in [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]])
* [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] (mostly in [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]] with small parts in [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]], [[Denton County, Texas|Denton]], [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall]] and Kaufman counties)
* [[Heath, Texas|Heath]] (mostly in [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall County]])
* [[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]] (mostly in [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]])
* [[Poetry, Texas|Poetry]] (partly in [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]])
* [[Seagoville, Texas|Seagoville]] (mostly in [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]])
* [[Seven Points, Texas|Seven Points]] (mostly in [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]])
{{div col end}}

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas|Cottonwood]]
* [[Crandall, Texas|Crandall]]
* [[Forney, Texas|Forney]]
* [[Kaufman, Texas|Kaufman]] (county seat)
* [[Kemp, Texas|Kemp]]
* [[Terrell, Texas|Terrell]]
{{div col end}}

[[Image:Kaufman County Texas Incorporated Areas.svg|thumb|right|250px|Map showing cities and towns in Kaufman County]]

===Towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Mabank, Texas|Mabank]] (partly in [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]])
* [[Oak Grove, Kaufman County, Texas|Oak Grove]]
* [[Oak Ridge, Kaufman County, Texas|Oak Ridge]]
* [[Post Oak Bend City, Texas|Post Oak Bend City]]
* [[Scurry, Texas|Scurry]]
* [[Talty, Texas|Talty]]
{{div col end}}

===Villages===
* [[Grays Prairie, Texas|Grays Prairie]]
* [[Rosser, Texas|Rosser]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Elmo, Texas|Elmo]]
* [[Heartland, Texas|Heartland]]
* [[Travis Ranch, Texas|Travis Ranch]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=13em}}
* [[Ables Springs, Texas|Ables Springs]]
* [[Abner, Texas|Abner]]
* [[Cobb, Texas|Cobb]]
* [[College Mound, Texas|College Mound]]
* [[Colquitt, Texas|Colquitt]]
* [[Gastonia, Texas|Gastonia]]
* [[Hiram, Texas|Hiram]]
* [[Lawrence, Texas|Lawrence]]
* [[Markout, Texas|Markout]]
* [[McCoy, Kaufman County, Texas|McCoy]]
* [[Ola, Kaufman County, Texas|Ola]]
* [[Prairieville, Texas|Prairieville]]
* [[Styx, Texas|Styx]]
* [[Tolosa, Texas|Tolosa]]
* [[Warsaw, Texas|Warsaw]]

{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Cedar Grove, Texas|Cedar Grove]]
* [[Cedarvale, Texas|Cedarvale]]
* [[Jiba, Texas|Jiba]]
* [[Peeltown, Texas|Peeltown]]
* [[Stubbs, Texas|Stubbs]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 1047
| 1860 = 3936
| 1870 = 6895
| 1880 = 15448
| 1890 = 21598
| 1900 = 33376
| 1910 = 35323
| 1920 = 41276
| 1930 = 40905
| 1940 = 38308
| 1950 = 31170
| 1960 = 29931
| 1970 = 32392
| 1980 = 39015
| 1990 = 52220
| 2000 = 71313
| 2010 = 103350
| 2020 = 145307
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 197829
| estref = 
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Kaufman County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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 may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Kaufman County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48257&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kaufman County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48257&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kaufman County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48257&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|54,424
|73,328
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78,626
|76.32%
|69.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.11%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|7,472
|10,571
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,541
|10.48%
|10.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.82%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|369
|551
|style='background: #ffffe6; |623
|0.52%
|0.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.43%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|330
|869
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,107
|0.46%
|0.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.45%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|12
|32
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70
|0.02%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]]  alone (NH)
|54
|69
|style='background: #ffffe6; |435
|0.08%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|727
|1,382
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,743
|1.02%
|1.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|7,925
|17,548
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36,168
|11.11%
|16.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.89%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''71,313'''
|'''103,350'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''145,310'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

According to the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> 71,313 people, 24,367 households, and 19,225 families were residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|91|/mi2|/km2}}. Its 26,133 housing units averaged {{convert|33|/mi2|/km2}}. In 2020, the population was 145,310.<ref name="2020CensusP2" /> According to the 2000 census, the [[Race (United States Census)|racial and ethnic makeup]] of the county was 81.10% White, 10.53% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 5.68% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. About 11.11% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. By the 2020 census, its racial and ethnic makeup was 54.11% non-Hispanic white, 14.82% African American, 0.43% Native American, 1.45% Asian American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.30% some other race, 3.95% multiracial, and 24.89% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.

'''American Community Survey 2023 Data'''

The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Kaufman County’s population was 185,690. It was also estimated that the county was 28.1% Hispanic or Latino, 46.6% NH White, 20.8% NH Black, 2.2% NH Asian, 0.4% NH Native American, 0.1% NH Pacific Islander, 1.9% NH Multiracial.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=County Population by Characteristics: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-detail.html |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Race'''
|'''Total'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|''Hispanic or Latino''
|52,087
|28.1%
|-
|''NH White''
|86,611
|46.6%
|-
|''NH Black''
|38,535
|20.8%
|-
|''NH Asian''
|4,061
|2.2%
|-
|''NH Native American''
|737
|0.4%
|-
|''NH Pacific Islander''
|135
|0.1%
|-
|''NH Multiracial''
|3,524
|1.9%
|}

==Media==
Kaufman County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA. Local media outlets include [[KDFW-TV]], [[KXAS-TV]], [[WFAA-TV]], [[KTVT-TV]], [[KERA-TV]], [[KTXA-TV]], [[KDFI-TV]], [[KDAF-TV]], [[KFWD-TV]], and [[KDTX-TV]]. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Kaufman County come from the [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]/[[Longview, Texas|Longview]]/[[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]] market and they include [[KLTV]], [[KYTX-TV]], [[KFXK-TV]], and [[KETK-TV]].

Kaufman County is served by three newspapers, the ''Terrell Tribune'', the ''Kaufman Herald'', and the ''Forney Messenger''. [[Forney, Texas]], is also served by online news media outlet inForney.com, which covers breaking news for the county. A quarterly magazine called ''Kaufman County Life'' is produced by the ''Terrell Tribune''. The Kemp and Mabank areas are included in coverage by ''The Monitor'' and ''[[Athens Daily Review]]'' newspapers.

==Law enforcement==
The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is Kaufman County's main police force. Smaller cities depend on the sheriff's office, along with the [[Texas Highway Patrol]], for law-enforcement duties.

==Kaufman County murders==
{{main|Kaufman County murders}}
In December 2012, Texas officials issued a statewide bulletin warning that the [[Aryan Brotherhood]] was "actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials" who worked to prosecute the gang's leadership.<ref name=nytimes33013/>

In January 2013, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse of Kaufman County was assassinated by gunshot outside the Kaufman County courthouse.<ref name=nytimes33013>{{cite news|title=Breaking news: Texas County District Attorney and Wife Found Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/03/30/us/30reuters-texas-districtattorney.html|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> On March 30, 2013, [[District attorney|District Attorney]] [[Kaufman County murders|Mike McLelland]], along with his wife, were found shot and killed in their home.<ref name=dallasmorningnews>{{cite news|title=Breaking news: Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, wife reportedly found dead in home|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130330-breaking-news-kaufman-county-da-wife-found-dead-in-home.ece|access-date=March 31, 2013|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=March 30, 2013}}</ref>  On April 13, 2013, ex-[[Justice of the Peace#Texas|justice of the peace]] Eric Williams was arrested for making terrorist threats to county officials by email. Hasse and McLelland had aggressively prosecuted Williams in a theft case. Williams was convicted, and lost his position and his law license as a result.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130413-ex-justice-of-peace-is-prime-suspect-in-kaufman-da-slayings.ece| newspaper=Dallas Morning News |title=Ex-justice of peace is prime suspect in Kaufman DA slayings |date=April 13, 2013 |author=Eiserer, Tanya and Jana J. Pruet |access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> On April 17, 2013, his wife Kim Williams was arrested on [[capital murder]] charges in all three deaths.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=April 17, 2013 |last=Eiserer|first=Tanya |url=http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/wife-of-jailed-ex-kaufman-county-justice-of-the-peace-is-now-behind-bars-charged-with-capital-murder.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418025226/http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/wife-of-jailed-ex-kaufman-county-justice-of-the-peace-is-now-behind-bars-charged-with-capital-murder.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |title=Wife of jailed ex-Kaufman County justice of the peace is now behind bars, charged with capital murder |access-date=April 17, 2013 }}</ref>

Officials did not link these arrests or events to the Aryan Brotherhood. Eric Williams was convicted at trial and sentenced to death on December 16, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/17/texas-prosecutors-murder-sentence/20537451/|title=Ex-judge sentenced to death in Texas revenge plot|first=Tanya|last=Eiserer|website=USA TODAY}}</ref>  Kim Williams pleaded guilty on December 30, 2014, and received a 40-year sentence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/07/29/wife-of-convicted-kaufman-county-killer-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison/|title=Wife of convicted Kaufman County killer sentenced to 40 years in prison|date=July 29, 2018|website=Dallas News}}</ref>

==Politics==
Prior to 1952, Kaufman County was a Democratic Party stronghold in presidential elections. From 1952 to 1980, it was still primarily Democratic, though the party's margin of victories were far lower than before. Republican [[Richard Nixon]] won the county handily in 1972 as part of his national landslide. Starting with the 1984 election, it has become a Republican stronghold, though neither of [[Bill Clinton]]'s two Republican opponents managed a majority despite winning the county due to [[Ross Perot]]'s strong third-party candidacy.

The county's Republican lean has lessened a bit due to population growth in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|DFW metroplex]] in recent years, but it still remains strongly Republican. Republicans have consistently won more than 60% of the vote in the county in the 21st century. 
 
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==Education==
School districts in the county include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48257_kaufman/DC20SD_C48257.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48257_kaufman/DC20SD_C48257.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kaufman County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 30, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48257_kaufman/DC20SD_C48257_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Crandall Independent School District]]
* [[Forney Independent School District]]
* [[Kaufman Independent School District]]
* [[Kemp Independent School District]]
* [[Mabank Independent School District]]
* [[Quinlan Independent School District]]
* [[Rockwall Independent School District]]
* [[Scurry-Rosser Independent School District]]
* [[Terrell Independent School District]]
* [[Wills Point Independent School District]]

It is in the service area for [[Trinity Valley Community College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.205. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[List of museums in North Texas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kaufman County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Hunt-Martin)#Kaufman County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Kaufman County]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Butler, Robert Richard  ''History of Kaufman County, Texas'' (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940)
* Keller, Mabel Covington ''History of Kaufman County, Texas'' (M.A. thesis, North Texas State College, 1950)
* Clausen, C. A. ed., ''The Lady with the Pen: Elise Wærenskjold in Texas'' (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1961)

==External links==
* [https://www.kaufmancounty.net/ Kaufman County government's website]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hck02 Kaufman County] at the ''[[Handbook of Texas]] Online''

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Kaufman County, Texas
|North     = [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]]
|Southwest = [[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]]
|West      = [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]]
|Northwest = [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall County]]
}}

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