Editing Trinity, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Trinity, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| motto                    = "You'll never want to leave!"
| image_skyline            = Trinity_Texas_Volunteer_Fire_Department.jpg
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| image_caption            = Trinity Municipal Building, housing the volunteer fire department, the police department and city hall
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| map_caption              = Location of Trinity, Texas
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| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Trinity County, Texas|Trinity]]
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| area_total_km2           = 9.82
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2343
| population_density_sq_mi = 726.98
| population_density_km2   = 280.68
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| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 230
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 75862
| area_code                = [[Area code 936|936]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-73664<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
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| website                  = [http://www.cityoftrinity.com City of Trinity, Texas]
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Trinity''' is a city in [[Trinity County, Texas|Trinity County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 2,343 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-45.pdf|title=Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Texas: 2010}}</ref>

==History==
Trinity was founded in 1872 (possibly earlier as there is an 1870 Census for Trinity, Texas taken on 19 July, 1870) on land purchased from the New York and Texas Land Company. The town was a railroad station on the Houston and Great Northern Railroad.<ref name="TRINITY, TX TRINITY COUNTY">{{cite web| url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjt10|title= TRINITY, TX (TRINITY COUNTY)|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>

The town was originally named Trinity Station after the Trinity River. The name of the town was later changed to Trinity City, then to Trinity. The town was incorporated in 1910.<ref name="TRINITY, TX TRINITY COUNTY"/>

===Civilian Conservation Corps===
A camp site for [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] Company 839 was established 1.6 miles east of Trinity on June 8, 1933. The company was under the command of Captain Charles H Brammel and the medical department was under the direction of Dr H H Thornton. The field activities of the camp were mainly construction and maintenance of fire lanes, fire break roads and telephone lines.<ref name="TCB-104" />

===Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company===
[[Image:Texas_Long_Leaf_Lumber_Company_Trinity_Texas.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company Historical Marker]]
In 1907, Thompson Brothers' Lumber Company built a [[Sawmill|mill]] and 37 acre pond at Trinity. Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company, which started at Willard in 1912, bought Thompson Brothers' Trinity mill in 1922. Under management of Paul Sanderson for 22 years, the company was one of the nation's most successful manufacturers of [[Yellow Pine]] and Southern Hardwoods. During [[World War II]], production reached 140,000 board feet daily, resulting in lumber flown to Europe and Africa and the awarding of the [[Army-Navy "E" Award]] in 1944. As one of the largest employers in Trinity, the closing of the mill in 1955 had a devastating impact on the local economy.<ref name="TLLLC-2017" /><ref name="TS-2016" />

===Hardin-Sublet Gunfight===
On August 7, 1872, [[John Wesley Hardin]] and Phil Sublet got into a gambling dispute at John Gates' Saloon.  The saloon was a plank structure with a bar and a ten pin alley.  After making peace, Sublet left the saloon and called out Hardin from the street south of the front door.  Hardin appeared at that door and Sublet fired one shot at him.  Hardin returned
fire not intending to kill him.  Distracted, Hardin was pulled into a middle door and Sublet wounded him with the other barrel of his shotgun. Hardin then went after him through the streets and into a dry goods store.  After a pistol malfunction, Hardin fired again and hit Sublet in the shoulder.  Too weak from his wounds, Hardin was unable to pursue him.<ref name="JWH" />

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 3.8&nbsp;square miles (9.8&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all  land.

Trinity, {{convert|80|mi|km}} north of [[Houston]], has two stoplights. Mandy Oaklander of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' said that Trinity "is a speck of a town[...]"<ref>Oaklander, Mandy. "Life Without Parole." ''[[Houston Press]]''. Wednesday April 13, 2011. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2011-04-14/news/life-without-parole/ 1]. Retrieved on May 10, 2011.</ref>

Milltown, a community on the periphery, housed employees of the town lumber mill. It had 208 houses, with 156 for white lumber mill workers and 52 for the black workers.<ref name=Holley>{{cite news|author=Holley, Joe|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/native-texan/article/Trinity-is-never-far-removed-from-its-colorful-11735681.php|title=Trinity is never far removed from its colorful history|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2017-08-04|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 856
|1920= 1363
|1930= 2036
|1940= 2217
|1950= 2054
|1960= 1787
|1970= 2512
|1980= 2620
|1990= 2648
|2000= 2721
|2010= 2697
|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=2343}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Trinity racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4873664&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-25 |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)
|1,136
|48.48%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|603
|25.74%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|3
|0.13%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|8
|0.34%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|6
|0.26%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|72
|3.07%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|515
|21.98%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,343'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,343 people, 1,134 households, and 717 families residing in the city.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,721 people, 1,098 households, and 703 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|720.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,284 housing units at an average density of {{convert|339.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 57.18% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 33.88% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.48% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 6.76% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.29% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.92% of the population.

There were 1,098 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,474, and the median income for a family was $28,678. Males had a median income of $24,470 versus $21,290 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,320. About 15.2% of families and 24.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 35.6% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:Trinity-Old-Red-Schoolhouse.jpg|thumb|Old Red Schoolhouse]]
===Old Red Schoolhouse===
Completed in 1915, the [[Prairie style architecture|Prairie Style]], T-Plan building housed all grade levels until completion of an adjacent High School in 1928. "Old Red" served as a schoolhouse for 80 years. When it was slated for demolition in the 1990s, concerned citizens and former students worked with the School District to preserve the historic building for continued use.  Listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] by the United States Department of the Interior.<ref>Texas Historical Commission, [http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2005000865&site_name=Red+Schoolhouse,+Old&class=2001 Reference No 5000865] Certified 2005-08-10.</ref>

==Education==
The City of Trinity is served by the [[Trinity Independent School District]]. The city also has a public library named the [http://trinity.ploud.net Blanche K. Werner Public Library].

==Media==
The ''Trinity Standard'' newspaper is published weekly by Polk County Publishing Company.<ref>[http://www.easttexasnews.com/ East Texas News]</ref> Previous newspapers included The Trinity Tribune (1894), Democracy (1901), Trinity County News (1905), The Trinity Times (1927).<ref name="LOC-CA" />

==Employment==
Trinity was historically a lumber town and Texas Longleaf Lumber Co. was the main employer; its operations closed in 1955.<ref name=Holley/>

As of 2014, employment makeup of the city was; 25.8% Health Care & Social Assistance; 22.9% Retail Trade; 16.6% Accommodation & Food Services; 9.9% Educational Services; 7.3% Public Administration; 7.3% Wholesale Trade; 2.6% Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services; 2.2% Construction; 2.0% Administration & Support, Waste Management & Remediation; 1.2% Utilities; 1.0% Finance & Insurance; .4% Information; .4% Other Services; .2% Real Estate & Rental & Leasing and .2% Transportation & Warehousing.<ref name="OTM" />

===Trinity Steel Fabricators, Inc.===
Trinity Steel Fabricators was founded in 1976 by the Karnes family.  In 2013 the company moved its headquarters to Houston, Texas.<ref name="TSF-2012" />  In 2014 the company acquired United Steel Fabricators, Inc., a structural steel fabrication facility in Trinity, Texas.<ref name="TSF-2014" />

===Avalon Place Nursing Home===
Avalon Place has a rating of two stars based on the health inspection, staffing, and quality measures ratings combined into one.  The 118 bed [[Nursing home care|nursing home]] is owned by Southwest LTC Trinity, Ltd, a for-profit partnership.<ref name="USCMMS-AP" />

===Higginbotham Brothers===
Higginbotham Brothers is a hardware and sporting goods chain serving Texas since 1881. The company acquired Wilkison Hardware & Furniture in July 2017.<ref name="TS-2017" />

===Trinity Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center===
Trinity Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center has a rating of one star based on the health inspection, staffing, and quality measures ratings combined into one. The 76 bed [[Nursing home care|nursing home]] is owned by Trinity Rhc LLC, a for profit - limited liability company.<ref name="USCMMS-TRHC" />

==Infrastructure==
===Fire Department===
Organized February 14, 1914, the Trinity Volunteer Fire Department began with 12 volunteers, 500 feet of hose, a shotgun and "some mighty strong lungs."  When a fire broke out, one member would fire the shotgun and the rest would start yelling.  Today TVFD members have advanced firefighting certification from the State Firemen's and Fire Marshal's Association.<ref name="TS-2014" />
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===Healthcare===
[[CHI St. Luke's Health|CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Clinics]] opened an outpatient clinic Monday, August 7, 2017, in Trinity. CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial officially signed a management service agreement with the Trinity Memorial Hospital District Board and its outpatient clinic. The hospital has yet to reopen.<ref name="CHI" />

<!-- No longer valid: ETMC Trinity, a branch of the East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) Regional Healthcare System, is a 30-bed [[hospital]] and Level IV [[trauma center]].<ref>[http://www.etmc.org/ East Texas Medical Center]</ref> A new addition, the ETMC First Physicians Clinic was opened April 20, 2009 and is owned by the Trinity Memorial Hospital District.<ref>[http://www.etmc.org/newclinicmovein.htm East Texas Medical Center], 2009-04-20.</ref> Poor utilization and declining reimbursement rates were among the reasons ETMC decided it will exit ETMC Trinity at the end of its lease, August 1, 2017.<ref name="ETMC-20170605" />-->
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[[File:Trinity_Texas_Post_Office.jpg|thumb|Post Office]] 
===Post Office===
The post office was established February 28, 1872, with the appointment of Samuel Robb as postmaster.<ref name="TCB-55" />  Construction of the current building was finished in August 1941, with Congressman [[Nat Patton]] as a keynote speaker during the opening ceremony.<ref name="TS-Post-Office" />

==Notable people==

* [[Linda Ellerbee]], journalist
* [[William Goyen]], novelist, born in Trinity April 24, 1915
* [[R. H. Harris|Rebert H. Harris]], Gospel Singer, born in Trinity, March 23, 1916
* [[Ollie Matson]], [[NFL]] Hall of Fame halfback and Olympic medalist, born in Trinity, May 1, 1930
* [[Charles Wilson (Texas politician)|Charlie Wilson]], Texas politician and lieutenant

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="220px">
File:Trinity_Chapel_A.M.E._Church_full_shot.jpg|Trinity Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1890.
File:Trinity_tx_post_office_mural.jpg|Post Office mural "Lumber Manufacturing" by [[Jerry Bywaters]], 1942.
</gallery>
<gallery class="center" heights="190px">
File:Dorcas_Wills_Memorial_Baptist_Church_est._shot.jpg|Dorcas Wills Memorial Baptist Church, 1934.
File:Wildman_Statue_by_Jim_Robertson.jpg|Wildman statue by Jim Robertson, 2000.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="CHI">{{cite web|title=Memorial Clinics Now Accepting Patients in Trinity|url=https://www.chistlukeshealthmemorial.org/news/memorial-clinics-now-accepting-patients-in-trinity|publisher=CHI St Luke's Health-Memorial|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
<!-- No longer valid: <ref name="ETMC-20170605">{{cite web|title=ETMC to exit Trinity August 1, 2017|url=https://www.etmc.org/news/etmc-exit-trinity-august-1-2017/|publisher=East Texas Medical Center|access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref> -->
<ref name="JWH">{{cite book|last1=Hardin|first1=John Wesley|title=The Life of John Wesley Hardin|date=1896|publisher=Smith & Moore|location=Seguin, Texas|pages=68–70|ol=6533874M}}</ref>
<ref name="LOC-CA">{{cite web|title=Search U.S. Newspaper Directory|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 May 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="OTM">{{cite web|title=OnTheMap|url=https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/|publisher=U S Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TCB-55">{{cite book|title=Trinity County Beginnings|date=1986|publisher=Curtis Media Corp|location=Dallas, Texas|page=55}}</ref>
<ref name="TCB-104">{{cite book|title=Trinity County Beginnings|date=1986|publisher=Curtis Media Corp|location=Dallas, Texas|page=104}}</ref>
<ref name="TLLLC-2017">{{cite web|title=Texas Long Leaf Company|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Long_Leaf_Lumber_Company_Trinity_Texas.jpg|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TS-2014">{{cite web|title=Trinity Volunteer Fire Department celebrates 100 years|url=http://www.easttexasnews.com/Trinity/News/Ind/stories%202014/21.html|website=East Texas News|publisher=Trinity Standard|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TS-2016">{{cite web|title=Texas Long Leaf Lumber Company honored, "The Old Mill" remembered|url=http://www.trinityconews.com/index.php/community/1775-texas-long-leaf-lumber-company-honored-the-old-mill-remembered|website=Trinity Standard|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TS-2017">{{cite web|title=Beloved local family closes well-known store|url=http://www.easttexasnews.com/Trinity/News/Ind/Stories%202017/31.html|website=Trinity Standard|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TS-Post-Office">{{cite news|title=Trinity Post Office plays interesting role in town's history|url=http://www.trinityconews.com/index.php/community/1854-trinity-post-office-plays-interesting-role-in-town-s-history|access-date=26 February 2017|publisher=Trinity Standard|date=January 12, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TSF-2012">{{cite web|title=Trinity Steel Fabricators Opens Houston Headquarters|url=http://www.trinitysteel.com/news/page/3/|publisher=Trinity Steel Fabricators|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="TSF-2014">{{cite web|title=Trinity Steel Fabricators, Inc. acquired United Steel Fabricators, Inc.|url=http://www.trinitysteel.com/news/|publisher=Trinity Steel Fabricators|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="USCMMS-AP">{{cite web|title=Nursing Home Profile|url=https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#profTab=0&ID=675900&Distn=0.4&loc=TRINITY%2C%20TX&lat=30.9451862&lng=-95.375496|publisher=U S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="USCMMS-TRHC">{{cite web|title=Nursing Home Profile|url=https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/nursing-home/676439?city=Trinity&state=TX|publisher=U S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Trinity, Texas}}
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [http://www.cityoftrinity.com/ City of Trinity]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hjt10|name=Trinity}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207031154/http://www.thetiger.org/index.html Trinity High School Alumni]
* [http://www.trinitytxhistoricalsociety.org/about.html Trinity Historical Society]
* [https://librarytechnology.org/library/24582 Blanche K Werner Public Library]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjt10 Texas State Historical Association]
* [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth548245/ Trinity 1909 Sanborn Map Company]

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