Editing Perryton, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Perryton, Texas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = "Wheatheart of the Nation"

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|image_caption            = Welcome Sign (2010)
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|map_caption              = Location of Perryton within Texas
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Ochiltree County, Texas|Ochiltree]]
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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1919
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
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|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        =
|named_for                = George Perry

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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 4.80
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 8492
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|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 79070
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 806|806]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 48-56912
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
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|website                  = {{URL|https://www.cityofperryton.com/|cityofperryton.com}}
}}

'''Perryton''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Ochiltree County, Texas]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 8,492.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Perryton, Texas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Perryton_city;_Texas?g=160XX00US4856912 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616052151/https://data.census.gov/profile/Perryton_city;_Texas?g=160XX00US4856912 |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>  It is located a few miles south of the Texas / Oklahoma state line.

==History==
In the late 1910s, a railroad was built from east to west between the towns of Ochiltree and Gray. After neither got a railroad, the two communities decided to move both towns to the railroad and merge into a new community named Perryton.  It was named after George M. Perry, an early county judge.

=== June 2023 tornado ===
{{See also|Tornado outbreak sequence of June 14–19, 2023}}
On the evening of June 15, 2023, an [[EF3]] tornado struck north Perryton. The devastating tornado tracked southeast, destroying dozens of [[mobile home]]s before impacting downtown, downing a cell tower, two communications towers, as well as damaging multiple industrial buildings. One mobile home caught fire and spread to many more homes throughout a mobile home park.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Live Updates: Severe Weather Strikes Southern Plains; Tornado Rips Town In Texas Panhandle |url=https://www.wunderground.com/article/news/news/2023-06-15-tornado-storms-oklahoma-texas-kansas |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.wunderground.com |language=en}}</ref>  After the tornado struck the town, three deaths were confirmed and over 100 injuries were sustained.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jamie |last=Burch |date=2023-06-15 |title=Mobile home park in Perryton took 'direct hit' from tornado |url=https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/caught-on-camera-tornado-on-the-ground-in-perryton-texas-severe-weather |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=KVII |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oberholtz |first=Chris |date=2023-06-16 |title=Deadly tornado strikes Perryton, Texas, killing at least 3 and injuring dozens amid trail of destruction |url=https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/perryton-texas-tornado-damage-survey |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.5|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.45%) is covered by water.

===Climate===
Perryton has a borderline [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'')/[[cool semi-arid climate]] (''BSk''). Winter mornings are very cold: 137.9 mornings on average fall to or below freezing and 4.4 mornings each year can be expected to fall so low as {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}}. This indicates heavy [[continental climate|continental]] influence courtesy of its far inland position. Actual winter weather is extremely variable, ranging from extremely cold due to Arctic outbreaks from the [[Yukon]] to a three-month winter average of six afternoons above {{convert|70|F|C|1}} due to hot [[chinook wind]]s blowing off the Rocky Mountains. In some cases, these chinooks can produce extremely rapid increases in temperature; during February 10, 2017, the temperature rose from {{convert|25|F|C|1}} in the morning to {{convert|92|F|C|1}} in the afternoon and down to {{convert|46|F|C|1}} the following morning.

Summers are hot, although mornings remain relatively mild. Nine mornings each year can be expected to stay above {{convert|68|F}}, but virtually none stay above {{convert|77|F|C}}, although the temperature did not fall below {{convert|79|F|C|1}} on July 10, 2016. However, 70.5 afternoons reach {{convert|90|F|C|1}}, with 12.3 afternoons topping {{convert|100|F|C|1}}, and a record high of {{convert|113|F|C}} on June 26, 2011. The coldest morning was {{convert|&minus;17|F|C|1}} on January 7, 1988, and the coldest maximum {{convert|3|F|C|1}} on December 22 and 23 (twice on consecutive days) of 1990.

{{Weather box
|location = Perryton, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1965–2022
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 81
|Feb record high F = 92
|Mar record high F = 96
|Apr record high F = 101
|May record high F = 106
|Jun record high F = 113
|Jul record high F = 112
|Aug record high F = 109
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F = 102
|Nov record high F = 92
|Dec record high F = 81

|Jan avg record high F = 70.3
|Feb avg record high F = 76.7
|Mar avg record high F = 85.0
|Apr avg record high F = 90.0
|May avg record high F = 95.6
|Jun avg record high F = 100.6
|Jul avg record high F = 103.3
|Aug avg record high F = 100.8
|Sep avg record high F = 97.6
|Oct avg record high F = 90.7
|Nov avg record high F = 79.2
|Dec avg record high F = 70.7
|year avg record high F = 105.3

|Jan high F = 50.9
|Feb high F = 55.0
|Mar high F = 64.5
|Apr high F = 72.7
|May high F = 81.5
|Jun high F = 91.0
|Jul high F = 95.5
|Aug high F = 93.2
|Sep high F = 86.6
|Oct high F = 74.1
|Nov high F = 62.2
|Dec high F = 50.8
|year high F = 

|Jan mean F = 37.2
|Feb mean F = 40.4
|Mar mean F = 49.1
|Apr mean F = 57.5
|May mean F = 67.2
|Jun mean F = 77.5
|Jul mean F = 82.0
|Aug mean F = 80.0
|Sep mean F = 72.8
|Oct mean F = 60.0
|Nov mean F = 47.7
|Dec mean F = 38.1
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 23.5
|Feb low F = 25.9
|Mar low F = 33.8
|Apr low F = 42.3
|May low F = 53.0
|Jun low F = 63.9
|Jul low F = 68.4
|Aug low F = 66.8
|Sep low F = 58.9
|Oct low F = 45.8
|Nov low F = 33.2
|Dec low F = 25.4
|year low F = 

|Jan avg record low F = 5.7
|Feb avg record low F = 8.4
|Mar avg record low F = 13.7
|Apr avg record low F = 24.3
|May avg record low F = 35.4
|Jun avg record low F = 49.5
|Jul avg record low F = 56.9
|Aug avg record low F = 55.3
|Sep avg record low F = 41.0
|Oct avg record low F = 27.4
|Nov avg record low F = 14.1
|Dec avg record low F = 6.6
|year avg record low F = -0.3

|Jan record low F = -17
|Feb record low F = -15
|Mar record low F = -5
|Apr record low F = 13
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 47
|Aug record low F = 46
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 11
|Nov record low F = -4
|Dec record low F = -12

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|Jan precipitation inch = 0.69
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.58
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.51
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.90
|May precipitation inch = 2.80
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.20
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.48
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.96
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.86
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.04
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.83
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.97
|year precipitation inch = 

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 2.5
|Feb precipitation days = 3.0
|Mar precipitation days = 4.9
|Apr precipitation days = 5.7
|May precipitation days = 6.8
|Jun precipitation days = 7.3
|Jul precipitation days = 6.7
|Aug precipitation days = 6.8
|Sep precipitation days = 5.0
|Oct precipitation days = 5.0
|Nov precipitation days = 3.5
|Dec precipitation days = 3.2

|Jan snow inch = 3.1
|Feb snow inch = 2.4
|Mar snow inch = 2.7
|Apr snow inch = 0.6
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.8
|Nov snow inch = 1.1
|Dec snow inch = 2.9
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|Jan snow days = 1.3
|Feb snow days = 1.2
|Mar snow days = 1.0
|Apr snow days = 0.2
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.3
|Nov snow days = 0.6
|Dec snow days = 1.2

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|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00416950&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Perryton, TX
|access-date = November 30, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2<ref name = XMACIS2>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS2
|access-date = November 30, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 2824
|1940= 2325
|1950= 4417
|1960= 7903
|1970= 7810
|1980= 7991
|1990= 7607
|2000= 7774
|2010= 8802
|2020= 8492
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn= center
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Perryton racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4856912&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-19 |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)
|3,247
|38.24%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|12
|0.14%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|31
|0.37%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|24
|0.28%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|2
|0.02%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|19
|0.22%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|155
|1.83%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|5,002
|58.9%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,492'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,492 people, 2,869 households, and 2,161 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>  7,774 people, 2,785 households and 2,113 families were residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,753.2 people/sq mi (677.6/km{{sup|2}}). The 3,180 housing units had an average density of {{convert|717.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 85.23% White, 0.15% African American, 0.98% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], 0.40% Asian,  11.11% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.12% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 34.13% of the population.

Of the 2,785 households,  42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were not families. About 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.77, and the average family size was 3.22.

Age distribution was 31.3% under 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65  or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.

The [[median household income]] was $37,363, and the median family income was $45,045. Males had a median income of $31,803 compared with $19,694 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,431. About 9.7% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Image:Whigham Park, Perryton, TX IMG_6030.JPG|thumb|right|Whigham Park (established 1934)]]
Perryton and nearby rural areas are served by the [[Perryton Independent School District]] and [[Perryton High School]].

==Transportation==
Perryton is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 83]] highway and [[Texas State Highway 15]].

==Notable people==
* [[Caleb Campbell]], [[NFL]] player
* [[Jeremy Campbell]], [[Summer Paralympics | Paralympic gold medalist (Pentathlon/Discus) ]] in 2008, 2012, 2020, and 2024
* [[Ryan Culwell]], singer-songwriter
* [[John R. Erickson|John Erickson]], author of the ''[[Hank the Cowdog]]'' series
* [[Keith Flowers]], NFL player
* [[Mickey Gates]], member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]]
* [[Mike Hargrove]], [[MLB]] player and manager

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=200px>
Image:Downtown Perryton, TX IMG_6044.JPG|[[U.S. Highway 83]] as it proceeds through downtown (2010)
Image:Abandoned Hotel Perryton in Perryton, TX IMG_6023.JPG|Former Hotel Perryton in downtown (2010)
Image:Ellis Theater, Perryton, TX IMG_6018.JPG|Ellis Theater in downtown (2010)
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[Tornadoes of 2023]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
{{commons category|Perryton, Texas}}
* [https://www.cityofperryton.com/ City of Perryton]

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