Editing Talco, Texas

{{Short description|Town in Titus County, Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Talco, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| image_skyline      = Talco City Hall3 (1 of 1).jpg
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| image_caption      = Talco City Hall, December 2019
| image_map          = TXMap-doton-Talco.PNG
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| map_caption        = Location of Talco, Texas
| image_map1         = Titus County Talco.svg
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Titus County, Texas|Titus]]
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| 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|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 1.99
| area_land_km2      = 1.98
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 0.77
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 494
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| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 361
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|21|46|N|95|06|12|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[Zip Code]]
| postal_code        = 75487
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-71732<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Talco''' is a town in [[Titus County, Texas|Titus County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 494 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].  The name is derived from a local candy bar (It was either a shelf carton or because the local people said it was "Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana Country hence Talco).{{cn|date=September 2024}} Also reports said it may have been a local company name Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana Company.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

==History==
Two [[post office]]s were established near the current site of Talco: Gouldsboro in 1856 and Goolesboro in 1878. Due to name conflict the community changed its name to "Talco" based on the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana Candy Company initials on a candy wrapper. In 1912, Talco relocated to be closer to a railroad line.

[[Petroleum|Oil]] was discovered in 1936, leading to a big boom in the economy.  Talco called itself the "[[Bitumen|Asphalt]] capital of the world."

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 0.8&nbsp;square mile (2.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all  land.

[[U.S. Route 271#Texas|US Route 271]] is the major north–south highway passing through Talco.  The community is one mile east of the [[Franklin County, Texas|Franklin County]] line.

==Demographics==
{{stack|{{US Census population
| 1940 = 912
| 1950 = 917
| 1960 = 1024
| 1970 = 837
| 1980 = 751
| 1990 = 592
| 2000 = 570
| 2010 = 516
| 2020 = 494
| 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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Talco racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4871732&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>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)
|220
|44.53%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|81
|16.4%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|6
|1.21%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.2%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|30
|6.07%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|156
|31.58%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''494'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 494 people, 258 households, and 206 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The City of Talco is served by the [[Rivercrest Independent School District]] (Talco-Bogata Consolidated Independent School District prior to July 1999).<ref name=Rivercrestgome20010515>{{cite web|url=http://rivercrestisd.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010515191553/http://rivercrestisd.net/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-05-15|title=Home|publisher=Rivercrest Independent School District|date=2001-05-15|accessdate=2019-10-30}}</ref>

It previously maintained Talco Elementary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penick.tea.state.tx.us/SchoolDistrictLocator/ISD/talcobogatacons.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010504005440/http://penick.tea.state.tx.us/SchoolDistrictLocator/ISD/talcobogatacons.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-05-04|title=Talco-Bogata Cons ISD Data|publisher=[[Texas Education Agency]]|date=2001-05-04|accessdate=2019-10-30}}</ref> The previous Talco school opened in 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talcoschool.freeyellow.com/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408192946/http://talcoschool.freeyellow.com/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-04-08|title=Home|publisher=Talco Elementary and Junior High|date=2001-04-08|accessdate=2019-10-30}}</ref> The district began construction of the consolidated elementary on May 1, 2000 and the scheduled completion was in June 2001.<ref name=Rivercrestgome20010515/>

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Talco, Texas}}
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtitus/talco.htm  Talco, TX history] 
* [http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Riches_Loom_for_Village_Folk_in_Texas_Oil_Rush&gsearch=talco Riches Loom for Village Folk in Texas Oil Rush] from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image
* https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19670621&id=D_cnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NlYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2803,4782694.


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