Editing Niederwald, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Niederwald, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = City Hall Niederwald Texas 2024.jpg
| imagesize          = 250
| image_caption      = Niederwald City Hall
| image_map          = TXMap-doton-Niederwald.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Niederwald, Texas
| image_map1         = Hays County Niederwald.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = 
<!-- Location -->
| 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|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Hays County, Texas|Hays]], [[Caldwell County, Texas|Caldwell]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1987
<!-- 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     = 9.50
| area_land_km2      = 9.50
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.67
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.67
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 668
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 574
| coordinates        = {{coord|30|00|23|N|97|45|00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 78640
| area_code          = [[Area code 512|512]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-51492<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        = 2411256<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411256}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.cityofniederwald.org/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Niederwald''' is a city in [[Caldwell County, Texas|Caldwell]] and [[Hays County, Texas|Hays]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]].<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html US Census change list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206063031/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |date=2006-02-06 }}</ref> The population was 668 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Niederwald means "low forest", or "low wood", in German. It was named Niederwald by the German founders of the town. This region of Central Texas was settled in the 1800s primarily by Germans and European emigrants and is referred to as the Texas-German belt by locals.<ref>https://cityofniederwald.org/#:~:text=Built%20along%20the%20old%20Austin,as%20a%20city%20in%201987. {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==

Niederwald is located in eastern Hays County and northern Caldwell County. [[Texas State Highway 21]] is the main road, leading southwest {{convert|15|mi}} to [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]] and east {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Bastrop, Texas|Bastrop]]. [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] is {{convert|24|mi}} to the north.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|9.5|sqkm|order=flip}}. None of the area is covered with water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Niederwald city, Texas |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4851492 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213045439/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4851492 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=July 7, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1990= 233
|2000= 584
|2010= 565
|2020= 668
|estyear=2021
|estimate=
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|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>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Niederwald racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US4851492&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)|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>{{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
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|378
|56.59%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|261
|39.07%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|17
|2.54%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|4
|0.60%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.15%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|7
|1.05%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''668'''
|
|}
{{notelist}}

At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 584 people.192 households, and 158 families in the city. The population density was {{convert|196.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 199 housing units at an average density of {{convert|67.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 75.17% White, 3.94% African American, 1.54% Native American, 1.37% Asian, 16.44% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32.19%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 192 households 44.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% were non-families. 10.4% of households were one person and 2.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.27.

The age distribution was 28.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 35.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.

The median household income was $54,375 and the median family income  was $61,750. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $26,932 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,236. None of the families and 1.8% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 2.5% of those over 64.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://niederwald.texas.gov/ City of Niederwald official website]

{{Caldwell County, Texas}}
{{Hays County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Caldwell County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Hays County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Greater Austin]]