Editing Milano, Texas

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'''Milano''' is a city in [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]], [[Texas]], United States, located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 79 in Texas|U.S. Route 79]] and [[Texas State Highway 36|State Highway 36]], twelve miles southeast of [[Cameron, Texas|Cameron]], the [[county seat]]. Its population was 390 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

On November 5, 1960, country music singer [[Johnny Horton]] was killed by a drunk driver on Highway 79 near Milano on his way home from a performance at the Skyline Club in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas.

==Geography==

Milano is located at {{coord|30|42|33|N|96|51|48|W|type:city}} (30.709190, –96.863420).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.51% is water.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==History==
The [[International-Great Northern Railroad|International-Great Northern Railroad Company]] laid out the original site of Milano in 1874, about a mile and a half west of the city's present site. A [[United States]] [[post office]] opened there the same year.  Soon, a [[Baptist]] [[Church (building)|church]] was also established in the area. The community around Milano became a [[Electoral precinct|voting precinct]] in 1880.<ref name="Handbook of Texas">{{cite web | author=Smyrl, V.E | title=Milano, Texas | work=The Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Assoc. (June 6, 2001) | url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlm66 | accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

[[Image:Hudson Store in Milano-TX.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Hudson Store in Milano, Texas (c. 1900)]]
Local sources offer several possibilities for the origin of the name "Milano." One story suggests that the town was simply named after [[Milan, Italy]], because of similarities in the climate, but truly, the climate of [[Milan]] in [[Northern Italy]], is cold and continental; another says that the name was supposed to have been "Milam," but the [[United States Post Office Department]] either got it wrong or changed it intentionally because another Milam, Texas, already existed.<ref name="Handbook of Texas"/>

Nevertheless, when the [[Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company]] built the section of track between [[Brenham]] and [[Belton, Texas|Belton]] in 1881, it established the town of Milano Junction at the railway's intersection with the International-Great Northern, about two miles east of Milano. As the focus of social and economic life shifted to the new town, Milano became "Old Milano" and Milano Junction became Milano. By the late 1880s, Milano was a commercial hub, with 500 residents, and served as a shipping point for cotton and hides produced in the area. [[Truck farming]] became an important industry for Milano in the 1920s, with [[tomato]]es, [[watermelon]], and [[cantaloupe]]s as the principal crops.<ref name="Handbook of Texas"/>

The small city of Milano reached its population peak in 1939, when approximately 920 residents were reported to be living there. The number of local residents began to decline in the early 1940s, and fell to a low of 380 by the early 1970s, before beginning to grow again in the late 1970s. By the time Milano was finally incorporated in the early 1980s, the city officially had 468 residents.<ref name="Handbook of Texas"/>

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1980= 468
|1990= 408
|2000= 400
|2010= 428
|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=390}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Milano racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4848336&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-24 |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)
|291
|74.62%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|23
|5.9%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1
|0.26%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|11
|2.82%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|64
|16.41%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''390'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 390 people, 229 households, and 174 families residing in the city.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 400 people, 151 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|205.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 192 housing units at an average density of {{convert|98.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 82.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.75% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.00% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.75% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.50% of the population.

There were 151 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $37,292. Males had a median income of $30,417 versus $19,107 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,771. About 14.6% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.0% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==

The City of Milano is served by the [[Milano Independent School District]]:
* Milano Elementary School (grades Pre-K–5)
* Milano Junior High School (grades 6–8)
* Milano High School (grades 9–12)

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==External links==
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{{Milam County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Milam County, Texas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1880]]