Editing St. Jo, Texas

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'''Saint Jo''' is a city in [[Montague County, Texas|Montague County]], [[Texas]], United States, along the northern border of the state. The population was 881 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=":0" />

==History==

Established by primarily European Americans in 1856, the city was originally known as Head of Elm, named for its location at the headwaters of the Elm Fork of the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]], one of the four distinct headwaters. Numerous settlers came to this area from the Upper South of Tennessee and Kentucky, attracted to new opportunities in Texas.

Joe Howell was a surveyor who originally laid out the town and is credited as founder. According to one account, Irby Holt Boggess from Tennessee gave leadership in partnership with Howell in or around 1872. This account was displayed in 1986 in the Stonewall Saloon Museum on the town square of Saint Jo. It is incorporated in a story about Boggess.

Howell was said to have opposed [[alcoholic beverage]] sales, and was given the [[pejorative]] nickname "Saint Jo." This was also applied to the town he founded. But in 1880 Zachariah T. Haden, who had come from [[Paducah, Kentucky]] with his family, was working as a saloon keeper in Saint Jo, perhaps at the Stonewall Saloon.<ref>1880 US Census, St. Jo, Montague County, Texas; Roll: 1320; Page: 379A; Enumeration District: 120; Ancestry.com</ref>

Saint Jo was located near [[Red River Station]], a [[trading post]] on the [[Red River of the South|Red River]]. In the post-Civil War period, this post became the southern terminus of the [[Chisholm Trail]]. As ranchers undertook [[cattle drives]] to get their cattle to railheads in Kansas and then shipped East, where they could command high prices, the areas related to the trail began to develop increased populations and businesses. Cowboys were the chief customers for saloons and hotels in these towns. Eventually railroads were constructed into Texas, ending the cattle drives to Kansas, and drawing off business along the trail.

After the United States' 20th-century [[Prohibition era]], from 1920 to 1933, Saint Jo voted to remain a "dry" city. It was not until May 2009 that residents voted to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

Saint Jo has been proud of its Western heritage and encourages tourism related to it. For instance, the Stonewall Saloon has been preserved for use as a museum, and the main street has retained its late 19th-century character.

On May 6, 2017, the Real [[Chisholm Trail]] Symposium met in Saint Jo. Program participants included representatives of the [[West Texas Historical Association]], the Trail Drivers Association, and the Fort Sill Museum in [[Fort Sill]], [[Oklahoma]]. Gary and Margaret Kraisinger, the joint authors of the 2004 book ''The Western: The Greatest Texas Cattle Trail, 1874–1886,'' also appeared.<ref>Tai Kreidler, executive director of [[West Texas Historical Association]], email, April 28, 2017.</ref>

The city holds BoHo Saint Jo semiannually, a collaborative event produced with the retail clothing store Panache. The event features local vendors who can showcase their locally sourced goods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://akulakreative.com/boho-saint-jo|title=Boho Saint Jo - Creative brands for creative people|access-date=2023-08-07}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 342
| 1890 = 710
| 1900 = 825
| 1910 = 822
| 1920 = 985
| 1930 = 960
| 1940 = 1010
| 1950 = 1147
| 1960 = 977
| 1970 = 1054
| 1980 = 1071
| 1990 = 1048
| 2000 = 977
| 2010 = 1043
| 2020 = 881
| 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"
|+'''St. Jo racial composition'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4864184&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>{{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)
|734
|83.31%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|3
|0.34%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|4
|0.45%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.11%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|53
|6.02%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|86
|9.76%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''881'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 881 people, 364 households, and 240 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 977 people, 404 households, and 271 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|911.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 470 housing units at an average density of {{convert|438.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.11% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.82% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.43% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.33% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.30% of the population.

There were 404 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $27,045, and the median income for a family was $35,500. Males had a median income of $31,711 versus $20,859 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,225. About 13.5% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over.

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

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery class="center" widths="180px">
Image:St.Jo6 (1 of 1).jpg|Downtown St. Joe
Image:St.Jo4 (1 of 1).jpg|City hall
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjs04 Handbook of Texas Online: St. Jo, Texas]

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