Editing Pleasanton, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Pleasanton, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Oak tree in Pleasanton, TX IMG 2618.JPG
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Giant oak tree in Downtown Pleasanton across from "Mr. Cowboy" sculpture
| image_map          = TXMap-doton-Pleasanton.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Pleasanton, Texas
| image_map1         = Atascosa Pleasanton.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = 
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flagicon|USA}}United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flagicon|Texas}}[[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[City Council]]
| leader_name        = [[Mayor]] Clinton J. Powell {{cn|date=September 2024}}
| leader_title1      = [[City Manager]]
| leader_name1       = Johnny Huizar {{cn|date=September 2024}}
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| website            = {{URL|www.pleasantontx.org}}
<!-- 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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 23.20
| area_land_km2      = 23.20
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 8.96
| area_land_sq_mi    = 8.96
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 10648
| pop_est_as_of      = 2021
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 10780
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_density_km2 = 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       = 410
| coordinates        = {{coord|28|57|52|N|98|29|46|W|region:US-TX_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 78064
| area_code          = [[Area code 830|830]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-58280<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>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2411442<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411442}}</ref>
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Pleasanton''' is a city in [[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 8,934 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4858280| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200718/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4858280| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pleasanton city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 23, 2013}}</ref> Pleasanton's official motto is "The City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks." It is part of the [[Greater San Antonio|San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
[[File:Texas - Paris through Port Aransas - NARA - 68149639 (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|left|Pleasanton in 1936]]
Pleasanton was established in 1858 when conflicts with the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] caused the settlers to move the location of the county seat from [[Amphion, Texas|Amphion]]. The settlers chose the current townsite because of its location at the mouth of Bonita Creek. John Bowen (died 1867), San Antonio's first Anglo-American postmaster, founded and named the town of Pleasanton after his good friend and fellow early Texas Settler John Pleasants.

At one time Pleasanton had two newspapers, the ''Pleasanton Picayune'', which became the ''Pleasanton Express'' in 1909, and the ''Pleasanton Reporter''. The county seat was relocated from Pleasanton to [[Jourdanton, Texas|Jourdanton]] in 1910. Pleasanton was incorporated in 1917.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqs12| title=Nancy Beck Young, "San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad Company"| publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] on-line| access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/history-rr-sa-uvalde-gulf.php| title=Hugh Hemphill, "San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad"| publisher=txtransportationmuseum.org| access-date=April 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410191515/https://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/history-rr-sa-uvalde-gulf.php|archive-date=2019-04-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 1957, the citizens of Pleasanton voted overwhelmingly to desegregate the [[state school|public schools]]. This came some two months after the crisis at [[Little Rock Central High School]] in [[Arkansas]]. Some three dozen [[African American]] pupils were then integrated into the Pleasanton school.<ref>''Civil Rights Chronicles'', p. 158</ref>

==Geography==

Pleasanton is located about {{convert|35|mi}} south of downtown [[San Antonio]], {{convert|110|mi}} south-southwest of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and {{convert|110|mi}} north by north-northwest of [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|website=US Census|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

The average annual temperature of Pleasanton is {{convert|70|F}}. The mean temperature on January 1 is {{convert|50|F}} and on June 1 is {{convert|78|F}}. Average annual precipitation is {{convert|26.1|in}}.

Most soils of Pleasanton are quite sandy at the surface but have a clay-rich subsoil that holds moisture. They belong to the [[Alfisol]] soil order. Common soil series in town are Nusil, Poth and Rhymes.<ref>[http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov]</ref>

==Climate==

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Pleasanton has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Pleasanton was {{convert|113|F|C|1}} on June 15, 1998, and September 5, 2000, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|9|F|C|1}} on January 10–11, 2010.<ref name=NOWData />

{{Weather box
|location = Pleasanton, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = yes
|Jan record high F = 89
|Feb record high F = 100
|Mar record high F = 101
|Apr record high F = 103
|May record high F = 105
|Jun record high F = 113
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 111
|Sep record high F = 113
|Oct record high F = 102
|Nov record high F = 94
|Dec record high F = 89

|Jan avg record high F = 82.0
|Feb avg record high F = 86.8
|Mar avg record high F = 91.7
|Apr avg record high F = 95.3
|May avg record high F = 98.6
|Jun avg record high F = 101.9
|Jul avg record high F = 102.8
|Aug avg record high F = 104.1
|Sep avg record high F = 100.5
|Oct avg record high F = 95.1
|Nov avg record high F = 88.0
|Dec avg record high F = 82.4
|year avg record high F = 105.8

|Jan high F = 65.1
|Feb high F = 68.9
|Mar high F = 75.7
|Apr high F = 82.7
|May high F = 88.6
|Jun high F = 94.1
|Jul high F = 96.4
|Aug high F = 97.5
|Sep high F = 91.8
|Oct high F = 84.2
|Nov high F = 73.7
|Dec high F = 66.3
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 52.5
|Feb mean F = 56.7
|Mar mean F = 63.7
|Apr mean F = 70.4
|May mean F = 77.8
|Jun mean F = 83.4
|Jul mean F = 85.3
|Aug mean F = 85.7
|Sep mean F = 80.5
|Oct mean F = 71.8
|Nov mean F = 61.7
|Dec mean F = 54.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 39.9
|Feb low F = 44.4
|Mar low F = 51.7
|Apr low F = 58.1
|May low F = 66.9
|Jun low F = 72.7
|Jul low F = 74.3
|Aug low F = 73.9
|Sep low F = 69.2
|Oct low F = 59.4
|Nov low F = 49.6
|Dec low F = 42.0
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 25.5
|Feb avg record low F = 28.7
|Mar avg record low F = 32.9
|Apr avg record low F = 41.9
|May avg record low F = 51.8
|Jun avg record low F = 65.3
|Jul avg record low F = 68.9
|Aug avg record low F = 68.5
|Sep avg record low F = 56.4
|Oct avg record low F = 41.5
|Nov avg record low F = 32.1
|Dec avg record low F = 26.1
|year avg record low F = 23.0

|Jan record low F = 9
|Feb record low F = 11
|Mar record low F = 22
|Apr record low F = 33
|May record low F = 40
|Jun record low F = 59
|Jul record low F = 59
|Aug record low F = 60
|Sep record low F = 46
|Oct record low F = 32
|Nov record low F = 24
|Dec record low F = 15

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.98
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.76
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.26
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.36
|May precipitation inch = 3.89
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.79
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.63
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.46
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.58
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.72
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.19
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.91
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 0.0
|Feb snow inch = 0.0
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|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 = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.3
|year snow inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 7.3
|Feb precipitation days = 7.4
|Mar precipitation days = 6.5
|Apr precipitation days = 5.2
|May precipitation days = 6.5
|Jun precipitation days = 6.6
|Jul precipitation days = 5.0
|Aug precipitation days = 4.1
|Sep precipitation days = 6.7
|Oct precipitation days = 5.4
|Nov precipitation days = 5.9
|Dec precipitation days = 6.7

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|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 = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.1

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00417111&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: Pleasanton, TX
|access-date = October 30, 2022
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ewx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data - NWS Austin/San Antonio
|access-date = October 30, 2022
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 206
|1880= 393
|1890= 367
|1920= 1036
|1930= 1154
|1940= 2074
|1950= 2913
|1960= 3467
|1970= 5407
|1980= 6346
|1990= 7678
|2000= 8266
|2010= 8934
|2020= 10648
|estyear=2021
|estimate=10780
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/pleasantoncitytexas|date=July 16, 2022|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Pleasanton racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4858280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |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)
|4,322
|40.59%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|74
|0.69%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|33
|0.31%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|55
|0.52%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|3
|0.03%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|28
|0.26%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|261
|2.45%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|5,872
|55.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,648'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,648 people, 3,462 households, and 2,558 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,266 people, 2,941 households, and 2,135 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,293.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,212 housing units at an average density of {{convert|502.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 79.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.98% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.97% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.92% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 51.15% of the population.

There were 2,941 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,644, and the median income for a family was $34,718. Males had a median income of $28,849 versus $20,144 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,878. About 16.8% of families and 22.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.9% of those under age 18 and 21.8% of those aged 65 or over.

==Culture==
[[Image:Entrance to Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton, TX IMG 2640.JPG|thumb|Entrance to Longhorn Museum on [[Texas State Highway 97]] on the east side of Pleasanton]]
Part of the [[film]] ''[[The Sugarland Express]]'' was filmed around the intersection of 2nd Street and Commerce Street.{{cn|date=September 2024}} 

Every year in October, Pleasanton hosts the "Cowboy Homecoming Festival", which commemorates the time when the cowboys driving cattle from South Texas to the railheads up north would return home.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

==Education==
Almost all of Pleasanton is located within the [[Pleasanton Independent School District]] and home to the [[Pleasanton High School (Pleasanton, Texas)|Pleasanton High School]] Eagles.  In the school year 2010–2011, Pleasanton I.S.D. received Academically Unacceptable ratings from the Texas Education Agency for their high school campus and their school of choice.  The school district received an Acceptable rating for their junior high and Exceptional for the elementary and primary campuses. Under the current Texas accountability system, on a A-F rating scale, Pleasanton I.S.D. is rated "B". 
A small portion of the town is in the [[Jourdanton Independent School District]].

[[Coastal Bend College]] of [[Beeville, Texas|Beeville]] maintains a branch two-year campus in Pleasanton.

==Notable people==

* [[Willie Nelson]], was a radio DJ in Pleasanton at one time<ref>[http://rss.houstonpress.com/2008-05-01/music/willie-nelson-one-hell-of-a-ride Houston Music - Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride]</ref>
* [[Pete Flores]], Texas State Senator, 19th district

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image: Downtown Pleasanton, Texas IMG_2602.JPG|{{center|A view of downtown Pleasanton near the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 281]] south and Farm to Market Road 3350 west}}
Image: Pleasanton, TX, City Hall IMG_2620.JPG|{{center|Pleasanton City Hall is located across from the great oak tree downtown.}}
Image: Pleasanton, TX Express newspaper IMG_2623.JPG|{{center|'' The Pleasanton Express'' office is located next to City Hall.}}
Image: Law enforcement marker in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2606.JPG|{{center|Deputy Sheriffs Thomas Monse, Jr., and Mark Stephenson and state police trooper Terry Wayne Miller are commemorated in a marker in Pleasanton. The three were killed in the line of duty on October 12, 1999.}}
Image: First Baptist Church of Pleasanton, TX IMG_2594.JPG|{{center|First [[Baptist]] Church of Pleasanton was founded by seven charter members in 1866. The congregation originally met in the courthouse when it was located in Pleasanton.}}
Image: Old Rock Schoolhouse in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2596.JPG|{{center|The Old Rock Schoolhouse, built of locally procured red [[sandstone]], housed the First Baptist Church (located next door) from 1875 to 1883.}}
Image: First United Methodist Church in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2603.JPG|{{center|First [[United Methodist Church]] in downtown Pleasanton was founded in 1857 by [[Circuit rider (religious)|circuit riders]], a year before Pleasanton was established.}}
Image: St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2628.JPG|{{center|St. Andrew's [[Catholic Church]] in Pleasanton}}
Image: Covered wagon at Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2633.JPG|{{center|Covered wagon sign attracts motorists off Highway 97 to the Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton.}}
Image: UP Rail car at Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton IMG_2630.JPG|{{center|[[Union Pacific]] rail car at Longhorn Museum}}
Image:Eagle Stadium in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2589.JPG|{{center|The Pleasanton High School Eagles play [[American football|football]] in Eagle Stadium.}}
Image: Pleasanton, TX, Sports Complex IMG_2578.JPG|{{center|Modern sports complex for [[Pleasanton Independent School District]], located across from Eagles Stadium}}
Image:Performing Arts Center in Pleasanton, TX IMG_2577.JPG|{{center|Performing Arts Center of Pleasanton [[Public school (government-funded)|public school]]s}}
Image: Coastal Bend College, Pleasanton, TX MG 2592.JPG|{{center|Coastal Bend College of [[Beeville, Texas|Beeville]] operates a branch campus in Pleasanton.}}
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Pleasanton, Texas}}
{{Wikivoyage|Pleasanton (Texas)}}
* [http://www.pleasantontx.org/ City of Pleasanton official website]
* [http://www.pleasantonexpress.com/ ''The Pleasanton Express''], local newspaper
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfp04 Handbook of Texas Online] article

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