Editing Seymour, Texas

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|image_caption            = Baylor County Courthouse in Seymour
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|map_caption              = Location of Seymour, Texas
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = State
|subdivision_name1        = Texas
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Baylor County, Texas|Baylor]]
<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = Mayor-Council
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = 
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|established_date         = 1890 (dissolved 1892)
|established_title1       = Incorporated (city)
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|area_total_km2           = 7.59
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census2020"/>
|population_total         = 2575
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto
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|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 76380
|area_code                = [[Area code 940|940]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 48-66968<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              = 2411871<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411871}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.cityofseymour.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Seymour''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Baylor 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> Its population was 2,575 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref name="Census2020">{{cite web|title=Data U.S. Census 2020: Seymour city, Texas Populations and People|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=Seymour%20city,%20Texas%20Populations%20and%20People|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210215301/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=Seymour%20city,%20Texas%20Populations%20and%20People|archive-date=December 10, 2021|access-date=December 10, 2021|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Data}}</ref>

==Geography==
Seymour is located on the [[Brazos River]].<ref>''Seymour West, TX,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966</ref> It is {{convert|52|mi}} southwest of [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]] and {{convert|102|mi}} north-northeast of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.20%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4866968| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201350/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4866968| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Seymour city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate is [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfa'') with an extreme temperature deviation, but much of the time, the variation is always more and the warm weather prevails over the cold as the averages and the records show. Its [[Subtropics|subtropical location]] and south of the center of a large land mass bring occasional outbreaks even to a latitude and not very high altitude. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters, sometimes cold.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=122814&cityname=Seymour%2C+Texas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Seymour, Texas]</ref> On August 12, 1936, Seymour witnessed the record highest temperature in Texas (120&nbsp;°F) (49&nbsp;°C), a record that was tied by the city of [[Monahans, Texas|Monahans]] on June 28, 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records|title=State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) {{!}} Extremes {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)|last=Enloe|website=ncdc.noaa.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref>
{{Weather box|| collapsed=y|Jan record high F=89|Feb record high F=93|Mar record high F=100|Apr record high F=103|May record high F=107|Jun record high F=115|Jul record high F=114|Aug record high F=120|Sep record high F=112|Oct record high F=106|Nov record high F=92|Dec record high F=90|Jan high F=54.1|Feb high F=58.5|Mar high F=67.2|Apr high F=77.3|May high F=84.5|Jun high F=92.6|Jul high F=97.6|Aug high F=97.7|Sep high F=89.3|Oct high F=78.8|Nov high F=65.4|Dec high F=55.5|Jan low F=27.1|Feb low F=31.4|Mar low F=38.8|Apr low F=48.9|May low F=58.4|Jun low F=67.3|Jul low F=71.2|Aug low F=70.2|Sep low F=62.4|Oct low F=50.9|Nov low F=38.1|Dec low F=29.7|Jan record low F=-14|Feb record low F=-9|Mar record low F=5|Apr record low F=22|May record low F=30|Jun record low F=47|Jul record low F=54|Aug record low F=50|Sep record low F=34|Oct record low F=20|Nov record low F=7|Dec record low F=-8|Jan precipitation inch=0.99|Feb precipitation inch=1.41|Mar precipitation inch=1.57|Apr precipitation inch=2.18|May precipitation inch=3.79|Jun precipitation inch=3.20|Jul precipitation inch=2.21|Aug precipitation inch=2.30|Sep precipitation inch=3.09|Oct precipitation inch=2.61|Nov precipitation inch=1.55|Dec precipitation inch=1.36|Jan snow inch=0.8|Feb snow inch=0.6|Mar snow inch=0.2|Apr snow inch=0|May snow inch=0|Jun snow inch=0|Jul snow inch=0|Aug snow inch=0|Sep snow inch=0|Oct snow inch=0|Nov snow inch=0.3|Dec snow inch=0.4|single line=Y|precipitation colour=green|location=Seymour, TX|source 1=[http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?tx8221 WRCC]|width=50%}}

===Geology===
{{see also|Geology of Wichita Falls, Texas}}
Seymour is within the area underlain by [[Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma|Texas Red Beds]], which are [[stratum|strata]] of red-colored [[sedimentary rock]] from the [[Cisuralian|Early Permian]]. The fossils of Permian-period vertebrates in the Texas Red Beds were first discovered by [[Edward Drinker Cope]] in 1877.<ref>
Cope, E. D. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/982295 Descriptions of extinct vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic formations of the United States.] Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1877. Volume 17:182–195. JSTOR. Accessed on August 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Case, E.C.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/30060764 The Red Beds between Wichita Falls, Texas, and Las Vegas, New Mexico, in Relation to Their Vertebrate Fauna.] The Journal of Geology, vol. 22, no. 3, 1914, pp. 243–259. JSTOR. Accessed on August 28, 2017.</ref> Subsequent research has revealed rare fossils of Permian amphibians such as ''[[Trimerorhachis]]'',<ref>Henry,
 Randy. [https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/tx/home/?cid=nrcs144p2_003201 NRCS and Landowner Team Up With Houston Museum after Rare Species Discovery.] Natural Resources Conservation Service. Accessed on August 28, 2017.</ref> as well as rich deposits of other Permian [[tetrapod]]s such as ''[[Dimetrodon]]'' and ''[[Diadectes]]''.<ref>Caulfield, Dave. [http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/30368034/prehistoric-predators-fossil-findings-in-seymour-redefining Prehistoric Predators: Fossil Findings in Seymour 'Redefining'.] Newschannel 6: October 25, 2015. Accessed on August 28, 2017.</ref> The order [[Seymouriamorpha]] and genus ''[[Seymouria]]'', which were first discovered in the Seymour area, are named after the city.<ref>Williston, S. W. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/30063488 Restoration of Seymouria Baylorensis Broili, an American Cotylosaur.] The Journal of Geology: 1911, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 232–237. JSTOR. Accessed on August 28, 2017.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 183
|1890= 1125
|1910= 2029
|1920= 2121
|1930= 2626
|1940= 3328
|1950= 3779
|1960= 3789
|1970= 3469
|1980= 3657
|1990= 3185
|2000= 2908
|2010= 2740
|2020=2575
|estref=
|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<ref name="Census2020"/>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Seymour racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4866968&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>http://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=census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|2,019
|78.41%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|47
|1.83%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0.43%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|9
|0.35%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|2
|0.08%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|122
|4.74%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|365
|14.17%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,575'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,575 people, 1,309 households, and 839 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the census of 2010, 2,740 people, a decrease of 5.78% since 2000 (168 people). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the town was 91.28% White, 2.45% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 4.11% from other races, and 3.80% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were about 3.6% of the population. Of 1,451 housing units, 249 were vacant.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, 2,908 people, 1,273 households, and 790 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,067.5 people/sq mi (412.8/km{{sup|2}}). The 1,534 housing units averaged 563.1/sq mi (217.8/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 89.24% White, 4.57% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 3.54% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races.  About 10.45% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,273 households, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were not families; 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city, the age distribution was 24.3% under 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.8% who were 65 or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,662, and for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $21,891 versus $19,292 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,062. About 15.6% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.8% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Seymour is served by the [[Seymour Independent School District]].

==History==
[[Image:Old map-Seymour-1890.jpg|left|thumb|Seymour in 1890]]
Seymour was founded by settlers from [[Oregon]], who called the town Oregon City; it was originally located where the [[Western Trail]] crossed the Brazos River, which flows just south of the townsite. A post office was established in 1879, when the town's name was changed to honor local [[cowboy]] Seymour Munday, after whom nearby [[Munday, Texas|Munday]] was also named.  The census of 1880 shows 78 people living in the 901-square-mile county. The first settlers were ranchers.  During those years, the Miller brothers established a large ranch with the headquarters some 10 miles south of Seymour on Miller Creek. About 50 men were in the Miller outfit, and some of these were reportedly outlaws.  Not unusually, some of the cowboys rode into town and proceeded to "shoot it up".  The Millers realized that law had come to Baylor County in 1884, and sold the ranch.  It was the largest transaction ever made in northwest Texas at that time.  The purchasers used the Hashknife Ranch brand, which is still in use in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/aph01|title=HASHKNIFE RANCH|last=ANDERSON|first=H. ALLEN|date=June 15, 2010|website=tshaonline.org|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>

Commerce, a newspaper, a hotel, and the county courthouse all followed soon after, as did violence between cowboys and settlers. The town experienced two distinct economic booms; the first, short-lived, was with the construction of the Wichita Valley rail line in 1880, and the second was due to the discovery of oil in 1906. The population grew from 500 in 1884 to almost 3800 in 1950; it remained around that level for more than 30 years, but has declined since to 2,575 in the 2020 census. [[Agribusiness]], as well as some tourism from nearby Lake Kemp, has overtaken oil as the driving factor of the local economy. The Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo has been held each July since 1896.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgs07|title=Handbook of Texas Online – Seymour, TX|access-date=January 15, 2009}}</ref>

The town calls itself "the crossroads of North Texas" because it is located at the junction of five highways: [[U.S. highway]]s [[U.S. Highway 82 (Texas)|82]], [[U.S. Highway 277 (Texas)|277]], [[U.S. 183|183]], and [[U.S. 283|283]], and [[Texas State Highway 114|State Highway 114]].<ref>{{cite web | title = City of Seymour, Texas website| url = http://www.cityofseymour.org/| access-date =November 7, 2007}}</ref>

On August 12, 1936, the temperature at Seymour reached {{convert|120|°F|°C}}, the highest temperature ever recorded in Texas.<ref name="backroads">{{Cite book|last1=Hodge|first1=Larry|last2=Syers|first2=Ed|title=Backroads of Texas|place=Lanham, MD|publisher=Lone Star Books|year=2000|edition=4th}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.cityofseymour.org/ City of Seymour official website]
* [http://www.esc9.net/seymourisd/ Seymour Independent School District]
*[http://www.whitesidemuseum.org Whiteside Museum of Natural History]

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