Editing Ponder, Texas

{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| official_name            = Ponder, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| image_caption            = Ponder State Bank
| image_map                = Denton County Texas Incorporated Areas Ponder highlighted.svg
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| map_caption              = Location of Ponder in [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]], [[Texas]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Denton County, Texas|Denton]]
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| area_total_km2           = 8.77
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| population_total         = 2442
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| postal_code              = 76259
| area_code                = [[Area code 940|940]]
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| blank_info               = 48-58664<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Ponder''' is a town in [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]], [[Texas]], United States.  The population was 2,442 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
The community has the name of the local Ponder family.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=108|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=104}}</ref>

Local legend holds that [[Bonnie and Clyde]] either robbed the Ponder State Bank or attempted to rob it, only to discover it had gone broke the week before.  However, this is not listed in the Barrow Gang's activities.<ref>Guinn, Jeff (2009). ''Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde''. New York: Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|1-4165-5706-7}}.</ref>  The robbery in question may have been committed by the less famous but more successful [[Eddie Bentz]].<ref name="Newton">Newton, Michael. Next to the famous Ranchmans Steak house they have recently built a subway on Bailey Street in 2012. ''The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers''. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. (pg. 32-33) {{ISBN|0-8160-4488-0}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1970 = 208
| 1980 = 297
| 1990 = 432
| 2000 = 507
| 2010 = 1395
| 2020 = 2442
| 2020n = 
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 2757
| 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>
}}

<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=February 26, 2023 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Ponder racial composition as of 2020'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4858664&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |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=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,749
|71.62%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|83
|3.4%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|15
|0.61%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|29
|1.19%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.04%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|8
|0.33%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|134
|5.49%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|423
|17.32%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,442'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,442 people, 798 households, and 600 families residing in the town.

==Education==
Ponder is served by the [[Ponder Independent School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48121_denton/DC20SD_C48121.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref> which operates [[Ponder High School]].

==Notable person==

* [[Joe McQueen]] (1919–2019), jazz musician, born in Ponder

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery widths="160px" class="center">
Image:Ponder Town Square1.JPG|Downtown Ponder, Texas
Image:Ponder United Methodist Church.JPG|Former site of the Ponder United Methodist Church. The church moved to another building at 104 Remington Park Ln., next to the neighborhood of Remington Park.
Image:Ponder Library.JPG|Ponder Public Library and Town Hall.
Image:Ponder State Bank.JPG|Ponder State Bank, the site of the alleged robbing by Bonnie and Clyde.
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Denton County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
[[Category:Towns in Denton County, Texas]]
[[Category:Towns in Texas]]