Editing Robertson County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Robertson County
 | state                = Texas 
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1838 
 | seat wl              = Franklin 
 | largest city wl      = Hearne 
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 865 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 856 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 9.7 
 | area percentage      = 1.1 
 | census yr            = 2020 
 | pop                  = 16757 
 | density_sq_mi        = auto 
 | ex image             = Robertson County Courthouse Franklin Texas 2022.jpg 
 | ex image size        = 250 
 | ex image cap         = The [[Robertson County Courthouse and Jail|Robertson County Courthouse]] in Franklin 
 | web                  = www.co.robertson.tx.us 
 | time zone            = Central
 | named for            = [[Sterling C. Robertson]]
 | district             = 17th
}}
[[Image:Robertson County, TX, sign IMG 2287.JPG|175px|right|thumb]]

'''Robertson County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 16,757.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robertson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48395|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Franklin, Texas|Franklin]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created in 1837 and organized the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/TX_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Texas: Individual County Chronologies|work=Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2008|access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/topics/government/robertson-county|title=Roberston County|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|website=Texas Almanac|access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> It is named for [[Sterling C. Robertson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Hailey|first=James L|title=Robertson County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcr09|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=October 12, 2011|author2=Long, Christopher }}</ref> an early settler who signed the [[Texas Declaration of Independence]].

Robertson County is in east-central Texas and is part of the [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]-[[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]], TX [[Bryan-College Station metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|865|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|856|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|9.7|sqmi|abbr=on}} (1.1%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 9, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 79.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 79 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 79]]
* [[Image:US 190.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 190 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 190]]
* [[Image:Texas 6.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 6|State Highway 6]]
* [[Image:Texas 7.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 7|State Highway 7]]
* [[Image:Texas 14.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 14|State Highway 14]]

Additionally, [[Texas State Highway OSR|State Highway OSR]] forms Robertson County's southeastern border, but does not fully enter the county.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]] (north)
* [[Leon County, Texas|Leon County]] (northeast)
* [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos County]] (southeast)
* [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson County]] (south)
* [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] (southwest)
* [[Falls County, Texas|Falls County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 934
|1860= 4997
|1870= 9990
|1880= 22383
|1890= 26506
|1900= 31480
|1910= 27454
|1920= 27933
|1930= 27240
|1940= 25710
|1950= 19908
|1960= 16157
|1970= 14389
|1980= 14653
|1990= 15511
|2000= 16000
|2010= 16622
|2020= 16757
|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/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Robertson County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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 may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Robertson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48395&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Robertson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48395&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Robertson County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48395&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|9,580
|9,821
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,505
|59.88%
|59.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.72%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,830
|3,509
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,095
|23.94%
|21.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.47%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|43
|47
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29
|0.27%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|26
|96
|style='background: #ffffe6; |104
|0.16%
|0.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.62%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|4
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.03%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|8
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.05%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|150
|150
|style='background: #ffffe6; |438
|0.94%
|0.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.61%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,359
|2,990
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,528
|14.74%
|17.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.05%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''16,000'''
|'''16,622'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''16,757'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, 16,000 people, 6,179 households, and 4,356 families were residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|19|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}. The 7,874 housing units averaged {{convert|9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 66.20% White, 24.19% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 7.22% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. About 14.74% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 6,179 households, 32.00% had children under 18 living with them, 51.10% were married couples living together, 15.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were not families. About 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county, the age distribution was 28.20% under 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,886, and for a family was $35,590. Males had a median income of $30,795 versus $21,529 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,714. About 17.30% of families and 20.60% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.70% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Bremond, Texas|Bremond]]
* [[Calvert, Texas|Calvert]]
* [[Franklin, Texas|Franklin]] (county seat)
* [[Hearne, Texas|Hearne]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Bald Prairie, Texas|Bald Prairie]]
* [[Benchley, Texas|Benchley]] (partly in [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos County]])
* [[Easterly, Texas|Easterly]]
* [[Elliott, Texas|Elliott]]
* [[Hammond, Texas|Hammond]]
* [[Mumford, Texas|Mumford]]
* [[New Baden, Texas|New Baden]]
* [[Ridge, Robertson County, Texas|Ridge]]
* [[Tidwell Prairie, Texas|Tidwell Prairie]]
* [[Valley Junction, Texas|Valley Junction]]
* [[Wheelock, Texas|Wheelock]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Owensville, Texas|Owensville]]

==Politics==
Robertson County was a longtime Democratic stronghold, as were many rural Southern counties during the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] and immediate post-Jim Crow eras (It had only voted for a Republican in the national Republican landslide of [[1972 United States presidential election in Texas|1972]], and even then, only by a single vote). In [[2000 United States presidential election in Texas|2000]], the last time the county went to a Democrat ([[Al Gore]]), it was one of only three majority-white rural counties in Texas (with [[Newton County, Texas|Newton]] and [[Morris County, Texas|Morris]]) to vote for [[Bill Clinton]]'s former vice president. None of the three have gone to a Democrat since.

{{PresHead|place=Robertson County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,177|1,926|69|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,646|2,374|90|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,668|2,203|164|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,419|2,798|70|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,980|2,675|55|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,792|2,979|24|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,007|3,283|79|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,944|2,912|319|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,707|2,927|970|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,184|3,630|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,663|3,339|14|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,661|3,572|77|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,244|3,741|11|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,977|1,976|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|965|2,833|944|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|895|3,350|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|935|2,669|12|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,285|2,212|11|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,378|2,626|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|246|2,147|504|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|126|2,681|235|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|175|3,191|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|86|2,633|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|148|2,396|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|751|1,487|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|226|1,971|64|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|225|1,634|656|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|218|1,313|46|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|153|1,051|118|Texas}}

==Education==
School districts:
* [[Bremond Independent School District]]
* [[Bryan Independent School District]]
* [[Calvert Independent School District]]
* [[Franklin Independent School District]]
* [[Groesbeck Independent School District]]
* [[Hearne Independent School District]]
* [[Leon Independent School District]]
* [[Mumford Independent School District]]

[[Blinn College]] is the designated community college for portions of the county in Bryan, Franklin, Hearne, and Mumford ISDs. Portions in Bremond ISD and Calvert ISD are zoned to the [[McLennan Community College District]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code Sec. 130.168. BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. Sec. 130.187. MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Robertson County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Mason-Rusk)#Robertson County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Robertson County]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.co.robertson.tx.us/ Robertson County government's website]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hcr09|name=Robertson County}}
* Sketch of  [http://texashistory.unt.edu/widgets/pager.php?object_id=meta-pth-5828&recno=405&path=meta-pth-5828.tkl Sterling Robertson] from [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5828 ''A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879''], hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History].

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Robertson County, Texas
|North     = [[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]]
|Northeast = [[Leon County, Texas|Leon County]]
|East      =
|Southeast = [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos County]]
|South     = [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson County]]
|Southwest = [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Falls County, Texas|Falls County]]
}}

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