Editing Quanah, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Quanah
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Hardeman County Courthouse (Quanah, Texas).jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Hardeman County Courthouse in 2006
| image_map          = TXMap-doton-Quanah.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Quanah, Texas
| image_map1         = Hardeman County Quanah.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|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Hardeman County, Texas|Hardeman]]
<!-- Government -->
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        =  
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
<!-- 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     = 9.00
| area_land_km2      = 9.00
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.48
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.48
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2279
| 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       = 1572
| coordinates        = {{coord|34|17|42|N|99|44|54|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 79252
| area_code          = [[Area code 940|940]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-60044<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        = 2411505<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411505}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.quanah.tx.citygovt.org}}
| footnotes          = 
| named_for          = [[Quanah Parker]]
}}

'''Quanah''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɑː|n|ə}}) is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Hardeman County, Texas|Hardeman 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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 2,279,<ref name=":0" /> down from 2,641 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4860044| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213084017/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4860044| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 13, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Quanah city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>

Quanah is {{convert|192|mi}} northwest of [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and {{convert|8|mi|0}} south of the [[Red River of the South|Red River]], which forms the Oklahoma-Texas state line. [[Copper Breaks State Park]] is {{convert|12|mi}} south of the city.

==History==
Quanah was organized in 1884 as a stop on what was then the [[Fort Worth and Denver Railway|Fort Worth and Denver City Railway]]. The city was named for [[Quanah Parker]], the last principal chief of the [[Comanche]] Nation.

The county seat of Hardeman County was moved from Margaret to Quanah in 1890 after an acrimonious battle that contributed to the splitting off of the southern section of Hardeman County as [[Foard County, Texas|Foard County]].<ref>Bill Neal, ''The Last Frontier: A History of Hardeman County''.  Austin: Eakin Press, 1996, p. 50</ref>

==Geography==
Quanah is at the geographic center of Hardeman County, at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|U.S. Route 287]] (11th Street) and [[Texas State Highway 6]] (Main Street). US 287 leads southeast {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Vernon, Texas|Vernon]] and northwest {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Childress, Texas|Childress]]. Highway 6 leads south {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Crowell, Texas|Crowell]] and north {{convert|8|mi|0}} to the [[Oklahoma]] border at the [[Red River of the South|Red River]]. [[Altus, Oklahoma]], is {{convert|40|mi}} northeast of Quanah via [[Oklahoma State Highway 6|Oklahoma Highway 6]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Quanah has a total area of {{convert|9.0|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Quanah, Texas (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1893, 1904–2008)
 | Jan record high F  = 89
 | Feb record high F  = 93
 | Mar record high F  = 102
 | Apr record high F  = 104
 | May record high F  = 111
 | Jun record high F  = 119
 | Jul record high F  = 114
 | Aug record high F  = 119
 | Sep record high F  = 110
 | Oct record high F  = 107
 | Nov record high F  = 95
 | Dec record high F  = 88
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 53.5
 | Feb high F = 56.6
 | Mar high F = 65.8
 | Apr high F = 74.6
 | May high F = 82.9
 | Jun high F = 90.9
 | Jul high F = 95.7
 | Aug high F = 94.7
 | Sep high F = 86.9
 | Oct high F = 76.1
 | Nov high F = 64.2
 | Dec high F = 53.7
 | year high F = 74.6
 | Jan mean F = 39.9
 | Feb mean F = 43.1
 | Mar mean F = 51.9
 | Apr mean F = 60.3
 | May mean F = 69.9
 | Jun mean F = 78.7
 | Jul mean F = 83.1
 | Aug mean F = 82.1
 | Sep mean F = 73.7
 | Oct mean F = 62.3
 | Nov mean F = 50.4
 | Dec mean F = 40.5
 | year mean F = 61.3
 | Jan low F = 26.2
 | Feb low F = 29.7
 | Mar low F = 37.9
 | Apr low F = 46.0
 | May low F = 56.9
 | Jun low F = 66.5
 | Jul low F = 70.6
 | Aug low F = 69.5
 | Sep low F = 60.5
 | Oct low F = 48.5
 | Nov low F = 36.5
 | Dec low F = 27.4
 | year low F = 48.0
 | Jan record low F  = -9
 | Feb record low F  = -8
 | Mar record low F  = 1
 | Apr record low F  = 21
 | May record low F  = 30
 | Jun record low F  = 42
 | Jul record low F  = 50
 | Aug record low F  = 50
 | Sep record low F  = 29
 | Oct record low F  = 16
 | Nov record low F  = 5
 | Dec record low F  = -15
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 1.00
 | Feb precipitation inch = 1.19
 | Mar precipitation inch = 1.90
 | Apr precipitation inch = 2.13
 | May precipitation inch = 3.29
 | Jun precipitation inch = 3.95
 | Jul precipitation inch = 2.42
 | Aug precipitation inch = 2.79
 | Sep precipitation inch = 2.83
 | Oct precipitation inch = 2.56
 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.64
 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.15
 | year precipitation inch = 26.85
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 3.8
 | Feb precipitation days  = 4.6
 | Mar precipitation days  = 5.3
 | Apr precipitation days  = 4.8
 | May precipitation days  = 7.3
 | Jun precipitation days  = 7.6
 | Jul precipitation days  = 4.9
 | Aug precipitation days  = 6.4
 | Sep precipitation days  = 5.6
 | Oct precipitation days  = 4.7
 | Nov precipitation days  = 4.2
 | Dec precipitation days  = 4.4
 | year precipitation days = 63.6
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=oun
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00417336&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 15, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1890 = 1477
| 1900 = 1651
| 1910 = 3127
| 1920 = 3691
| 1930 = 4464
| 1940 = 3767
| 1950 = 4589
| 1960 = 4564
| 1970 = 3948
| 1980 = 3890
| 1990 = 3413
| 2000 = 3022
| 2010 = 2641
| 2020 = 2279
| 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>
}}
[[Image:Old map-Quanah-1890.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Quanah from 1890]]
[[File:Quanah, Texas ( circa 1920-1932).jpg|thumb|right|Quanah ({{circa}} 1920–1932)]]
[[File:Downtown Quanah, TX Picture 2194.jpg|thumb|right|Quanah's commercial district is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardeman County, Texas|National Register of Historic Places]].]]

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+Quanah racial composition<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4860044&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)
|1,529
|67.1%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|106
|4.7%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|9
|0.4%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|18
|0.8%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|nil
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|5
|0.2%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|79
|3.5%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|532
|23.3%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,279'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,279 people, 1,088 households, and 700 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,022 people, 1,255 households, and 823 families residing in the city. Now in 2010 the United States Census as said there are 2,642 people, a drop in population of 390 people. The population density was {{convert|866.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,485 housing units at an average density of {{convert|425.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 84.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 8.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 16.5% of the population.

There were 1,255 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,354, and the median income for a family was $29,506. Males had a median income of $26,472 versus $18,403 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,841. About 16.6% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.8% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Republican [[Drew Springer, Jr.]], a businessman from [[Muenster, Texas|Muenster]] in [[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]], has represented Quanah in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] since January 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/adam-d-young/2013-07-16/state-rep-springer-announces-district-tour-july-30#.UefOvhUo45s|title=State Rep. Springer announces district tour July 30|publisher=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]], July 16, 2013 | access-date = July 18, 2013}}</ref>

==Education==
The city is served by the [[Quanah Independent School District]] and is home to the [[Quanah High School]] Indians.

==Infrastructure==
===Health care===
Quanah is home to a branch of the Helen J. Farabee Counseling Centers.

==Notable people==

* [[Judy Buenoano]], serial killer executed in Florida's electric chair<ref>{{cite web | title = Judias V. Buenoano | publisher = Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney | url = http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/buenoano450.htm | access-date = }}</ref>
* [[Bill Evans (1940s pitcher)|Bill Evans]], awarded a Bronze Star and Silver Star for valor in World War II; professional baseball player in late 1940s and 1950s<ref>{{cite web | title = Bill Evans | publisher = Baseball in Wartime | date = January 6, 2008 | url = http://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/evans_bill.htm}}</ref>
* [[John Gilliland]], radio broadcaster<ref>{{cite web | title = About John Gilliland | date = March 19, 2024 | publisher = University of north Texas Digital Library | url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/ | access-date = }}</ref>
* [[Edward Givens]], astronaut<ref>{{cite web | title = Biographical Data | publisher = NASA | date = June 1967 | url = http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/givens-eg.html}}</ref>
* [[Welborn Griffith]], American officer who served during World War II and who was instrumental in saving France's [[Chartres Cathedral]] during the battle of Chartres<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=6100%257Ctitle=Militarytimes|title=Valor awards for Welborn Barton Griffith, Jr.|website=valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref>
* [[Fred C. Koch]], chemical engineer and founder of [[Koch Industries]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Fred C. Koch | publisher = Fred and Mary Koch Foundation | url = http://www.fmkfoundation.org/history.asp | access-date =  | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131114070358/http://www.fmkfoundation.org/history.asp | archive-date = 2013-11-14 }}</ref>
* [[Juli Reding]], actress
* [[Clay Reynolds (author)|Clay Reynolds]], Texas author and essayist

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Quanah}}
* [http://www.quanah.tx.citygovt.org/ City of Quanah official website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20131104091810/http://www.quanahnet.com/coc/main.htm Quanah Chamber of Commerce]}}
* [http://www.qisd.net/ Quanah Independent School District]

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