Editing Lindale, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Lindale, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = Lindale May 2018 08 (N Main Street).jpg
| image_caption            = [[U.S. Route 69|Main Street]] in Lindale
| image_seal               = Seal of Lindale, Texas.jpg
| nickname                 = Blackberry Capital of the World
| motto                    = Good Country Living
| image_map                = Smith County Lindale.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = 
| pushpin_map              = USA Texas
| pushpin_label_position   = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Texas
<!-- Location -->
| coordinates              = {{coord|32|30|26|N|95|24|30|W|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}
| 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        = [[Smith County, Texas|Smith]]
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1871
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1905
| population_demonym = Lindalean or Lindalite
<!-- Government -->
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = 
<!-- 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|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 16.12
| area_total_sq_mi         = 6.22
| area_land_km2            = 16.00
| area_land_sq_mi          = 6.18
| area_water_km2           = 0.12
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.05
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_total         = 6059
| population_density_sq_mi = 1046.46
| population_density_km2   = 404.03
| population_note          = 
<!-- General information -->
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 551
| timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 75771
| area_codes               = [[Area codes 903, 430|903, 
 430]] ([[Overlay plan|overlay]])
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-42820<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>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2412900<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412900}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.lindaletx.gov}}
| footnotes                = 
}}

[[File:Lindale, TX, City Hall IMG 4910.JPG|thumb|Lindale City Hall]]

'''Lindale''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|d|eɪ|l}}) is a city in [[Smith County, Texas]], United States. Located in East Texas, the population was 6,059 as of [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=Lindale city, Texas - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Lindale_city,_Texas?g=160XX00US4842820 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> It is part of the [[Tyler metropolitan area|Tyler, Texas, metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
<gallery widths="180px" class="center">
File:Old Mill Museum, Lindale, TX IMG 5303.JPG|Local history is highlighted in the Old Mill Pond Museum in Lindale.
File:Lindale May 2018 18 (Lillie Russell Memorial Library).jpg|Lillie Russell Memorial Library in Lindale
</gallery>
The area of Smith County where Lindale sits was inhabited long before the town was founded in 1871. In the early 19th century, the [[Caddo]] Indians were the area's primary inhabitants; their artifacts can still be found along streams in the area. The area also was home to [[Cherokee]] Indians, who were forced out when the [[Republic of Texas]] was founded in 1836.

After the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], [[Richard B. Hubbard]], a former officer in the [[Confederate Army]] and owner of a large plantation on what is today a gated community called [[Hideaway, Texas|Hideaway Lake]], began searching for a more convenient way to ship the produce grown on his land. Hubbard convinced railroad officials to lay track between nearby [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] and [[Mineola, Texas|Mineola]]. Hubbard's brother-in-law, Elijah Lindsey, anticipating growth around the new railroad, opened the fledgling community's first general store in 1871, and Lindale had its start; Lindsey was elected the town's first mayor a year later.

In 1996, Lindale's school board banned 32 books from its schools, including ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', because they "conflicted with the values of the community." According to school board president John Offutt, a Baptist minister, the board's action [[Separation of church and state|was an attempt to make students adhere to Christian beliefs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texnews.com/news/lindale070996.html |title=Lindale School District Bans 32 Books, Including Many Classics |accessdate=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123014203/http://texnews.com/news/lindale070996.html |archivedate=2008-11-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2012/07/30/banned-books-awareness-to-kill-a-mockingbird/ |title=Banned Books Awareness: To Kill a Mockingbird &#124; Banned Books AwarenessBanned Books Awareness |accessdate=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114201657/http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2012/07/30/banned-books-awareness-to-kill-a-mockingbird/ |archivedate=2014-01-14 }}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 4.0&nbsp;square miles (10.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 4.0&nbsp;square miles (10.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.50%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 658
|1920= 701
|1930= 743
|1940= 820
|1950= 1105
|1960= 1285
|1970= 1631
|1980= 2180
|1990= 2428
|2000= 2954
|2010= 4818
|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>
|2020=6059}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Lindale racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4842820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-25 |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=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|4,728
|78.03%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|394
|6.5%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|36
|0.59%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|81
|1.34%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|2
|0.03%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|25
|0.41%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|224
|3.7%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|569
|9.39%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,059'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,059 people, 2,169 households, and 1,688 families residing in the city.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,954 people, 1,102 households, and 794 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|736.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|295.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 88.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.91% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.54% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.71% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.49% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.47% of the population.

There were 1,102 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the city the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,733, and the median income for a family was $38,787. Males had a median income of $31,538 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,825. About 9.6% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Paul Baloche]], Christian singer-songwriter
* [[Wally Brewster]], United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 2013-2017
* [[Kelli Finglass]], Director of the [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders]]
* [[Dallas Holm]], Christian singer-songwriter
* [[Miranda Lambert]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning country music singer-songwriter
* [[Pat Mahomes]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher from 1992 to 2003
* [[Leonard Ravenhill]], British evangelist and author, lived in Lindale in the 80s

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Lindale, Texas}}
* [http://www.lindaletx.gov City of Lindale]
* [http://www.lindalechamber.org Lindale Area Chamber of Commerce]

{{Smith County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Smith County, Texas]]