Editing Uncertain, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Uncertain, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = Uncertain, Texas.jpg
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| image_caption            = City marker of Uncertain
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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        = [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]]
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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|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 1.39
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| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.54
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 85
| population_density_km2   = 66.17
| population_density_sq_mi = 171.32
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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 184
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 75661
| area_code                = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-74240<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              = 2412128<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412128}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.cityofuncertain.com}}
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'''Uncertain''' is a city in [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]], [[Texas]], United States. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the city population was 94,<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4874240| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Uncertain city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 7, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111103/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4874240| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> down from 150 at the 2000 census. In [[2020 United States census|2020]], it had a population of 85.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=2020 Race and Population Totals |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Uncertain%20city,%20Texas%20population |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==

The city of Uncertain was incorporated in 1961 as a Type B general law city, with a [[mayor]] and five [[aldermen]] on an at-large basis.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofuncertain.com/history.html |title= City of Uncertain Texas |publisher= City of Uncertain Texas |access-date= July 27, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120614112313/http://www.cityofuncertain.com/history.html |archive-date= June 14, 2012 }}</ref>

Uncertain  has been noted for its [[Place names considered unusual|unusual place name]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/09/from-bug-tussle-to-tarzan-here-are-40-of-the-oddest-texas-town-names-and-the-stories-behind-them/ | title=From Bug Tussle to Tarzan, here are 40 of the oddest Texas town names | publisher=Click2Houston | access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> According to tradition, the town derives its name from the original application for township where the name for it had not been decided. Therefore when the original residents filled out the application they put "Uncertain" in the blank for the name. When the township was given, it then became "Uncertain".{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

==Geography==
[[File:Texas_Farm_to_Market_Road_2198_-_Uncertain_Flea_Market.jpg|thumb|left|Uncertain Flea Market, 2017]]
Uncertain is in the northeastern corner of Harrison County, at the west end of [[Caddo Lake]], a water body on [[Big Cypress Bayou]] that extends east into [[Louisiana]]. The city is at the east end of [[Farm to Market Road 2198]], which leads southwest {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Texas State Highway 43|State Highway 43]] near [[Karnack, Texas|Karnack]]. Uncertain is {{convert|21|mi}} northeast of [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]], the Harrison [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|996|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.08%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1970 = 202
| 1980 = 176
| 1990 = 194
| 2000 = 150
| 2010 = 94
| 2020 = 85
| 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>
}}
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 150 people, 77 households, and 49 families residing in the city.<ref name="GR2" /> The population density was {{convert|294.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 137 housing units at an average density of {{convert|268.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.67% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 26.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] and 0.67% (i.e. 1 person) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 85 people; the racial makeup of the city in 2020 was predominantly white.<ref name=":0" />

==Education==
The city of Uncertain is served by the [[Karnack Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48203_harrison/DC20SD_C48203.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harrison County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-11}}</ref>

[[Panola College]] is the assigned community college for the majority of Harrison County, Uncertain included,<!--The source doesn't explicitly say Uncertain, but since only the part of Hallsville ISD is excluded, and Uncertain is in Karnack ISD, then Uncertain is in Panola College's boundary--> according to the Texas Education Code.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|title=Sec. 130.194.  PANOLA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofuncertain.com/ City of Uncertain visitors' website]

{{Harrison County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Harrison County, Texas]]