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| Kaufman County, Texas | |
 The Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman
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 Location in the state of Texas | |
 Texas's location in the U.S. | |
| Founded | February 1848 |
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| Named for | David Spangler Kaufman |
| Seat | Kaufman |
| Largest city | Forney |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
808 sq mi (2,093 km²) 781 sq mi (2,023 km²) 27 sq mi (70 km²), 3.3 |
| Population - (2020) - Density |
145,310 auto/sq mi (Expression error: Unrecognized word "auto"./km²) |
| Congressional district | 5th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | http://www.kaufmancounty.net/ |
Kaufman County is a county in the northeast area of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 145,310.[1] Its county seat is Kaufman.[2] Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for David S. Kaufman, a U.S. Representative and diplomat from Texas.
Kaufman County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Western artist Frank Reaugh moved from Illinois to Kaufman County in 1876. There he was directly inspired for such paintings as The Approaching Herd (1902).[3]
Geography[]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 808 square miles (2,090 km2), of which 781 square miles (2,020 km2) are land and 27 square miles (70 km2) (3.3%) are covered by water.[4] Located in the northeast portion of Texas, it is bounded on the southwest by the Trinity River, and drained by the east fork of that stream.[5]
Major highways[]
Interstate 20- U.S. Highway 80
- U.S. Highway 175
- State Highway 34
- State Highway 205
- State Highway 243
- State Highway 274
- Spur 557
Adjacent counties[]
- Hunt County (north)
- Van Zandt County (east)
- Henderson County (south)
- Ellis County (southwest)
- Dallas County (west)
- Rockwall County (northwest)
Demographics[]
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 1,047 | ||
| 1860 | 3,936 | 275.9% | |
| 1870 | 6,895 | 75.2% | |
| 1880 | 15,448 | 124.0% | |
| 1890 | 21,598 | 39.8% | |
| 1900 | 33,376 | 54.5% | |
| 1910 | 35,323 | 5.8% | |
| 1920 | 41,276 | 16.9% | |
| 1930 | 40,905 | −0.9% | |
| 1940 | 38,308 | −6.3% | |
| 1950 | 31,170 | −18.6% | |
| 1960 | 29,931 | −4.0% | |
| 1970 | 32,392 | 8.2% | |
| 1980 | 39,015 | 20.4% | |
| 1990 | 52,220 | 33.8% | |
| 2000 | 71,313 | 36.6% | |
| 2010 | 103,350 | 44.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850–2010[7] 2020[8] | |||
2020 census[]
| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[9] | Pop 2020[8] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 73,328 | 78,626 | 69.98% | 54.11% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 10,571 | 21,541 | 10.23% | 14.82% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 551 | 623 | 0.53% | 0.43% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 869 | 2,107 | 0.84% | 1.45% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 32 | 70 | 0.03% | 0.05% |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 69 | 435 | 0.07% | 0.30% |
| Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 1,382 | 5,743 | 1.34% | 3.95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17,548 | 36,168 | 16.98% | 24.89% |
| Total | 103,350 | 145,310 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
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.
2000 Census[]
As of the census[10] of 2000, 71,313 people, 24,367 households, and 19,225 families were residing in the county. The population density was 91/sq mi (35/km2). Its 26,133 housing units averaged 33/sq mi (13/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 81.10% White, 10.53% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 5.68% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. About 11.11% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 24,367 households, 39.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.10% were married couples living together, 11.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.10% were not families. About 17.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87, and the average family size was 3.24.
In the county, the population distribution was 29.20% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $44,783, and for a family was $50,354. Males had a median income of $35,537 versus $26,494 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,827. About 7.80% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.30% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over.
Media[]
Kaufman County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA. Local media outlets include KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Kaufman County come from the Tyler/Longview/Jacksonville market and they include KLTV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, and KETK-TV.
Kaufman County is served by three newspapers, the Terrell Tribune, the Kaufman Herald, and the Forney Messenger. Forney, Texas, is also served by online news media outlet inForney.com, which covers breaking news for the county. A quarterly magazine called Kaufman County Life is produced by the Terrell Tribune. The Kemp and Mabank areas are included in coverage by The Monitor and Athens Daily Review newspapers.
Law enforcement[]
The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is Kaufman County's main police force. Smaller cities depend on the sheriff's office, along with the Texas Highway Patrol, for law-enforcement duties.
Kaufman County murders[]
In December 2012, Texas officials issued a statewide bulletin warning that the Aryan Brotherhood was "actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials" who worked to prosecute the gang's leadership.[11]
In January 2013, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse of Kaufman County was assassinated by gunshot outside the Kaufman County courthouse.[11] On March 30, 2013, District Attorney Mike McLelland, along with his wife, were found shot and killed in their home.[12] On April 13, 2013, ex-justice of the peace Eric Williams was arrested for making terrorist threats to county officials by email. Hasse and McLelland had aggressively prosecuted Williams in a theft case. Williams was convicted, and lost his position and his law license as a result.[13] On April 17, 2013, his wife Kim Williams was arrested on capital murder charges in all three deaths.[14]
Officials did not link these arrests or events to the Aryan Brotherhood. Eric Williams was convicted at trial and sentenced to death on December 16, 2014.[15] Kim Williams pleaded guilty on December 30, 2014, and received a 40-year sentence.[16]
Communities[]
Cities (multiple counties)[]
- Combine (partly in Dallas County)
- Dallas (mostly in Dallas County with small parts in Collin, Denton, Rockwall and Kaufman counties)
- Heath (mostly in Rockwall County)
- Mesquite (mostly in Dallas County)
- Poetry (partly in Hunt County)
- Seagoville (mostly in Dallas County)
- Seven Points (mostly in Henderson County)
Cities[]
- Cottonwood
- Crandall
- Forney
- Kaufman (county seat)
- Kemp
- Terrell
Map showing cities and towns in Kaufman County
Towns[]
- Mabank (partly in Henderson County)
- Oak Grove
- Oak Ridge
- Post Oak Bend City
- Scurry
- Talty
Villages[]
- Grays Prairie
- Rosser
Census-designated places[]
- Elmo
- Travis Ranch
Unincorporated communities[]
- Ables Springs
- Abner
- Becker
- Cartwright
- Cedar Grove
- Cedarvale
- Cobb
- College Mound
- Colquitt
- Frog
- Gastonia
- Heartland
- Hiram
- Jiba
- Lawrence
- Lively
- Lone Star
- Markout
- McCoy
- Ola
- Peeltown
- Prairieville
- Rand
- Stubbs
- Styx
- Tolosa
- Union Valley
- Warsaw
- Wilson
Politics[]
Prior to 1952, Kaufman County was a Democratic Party stronghold in presidential elections. From 1952 to 1980, it was still primarily Democratic, though the party's margin of victories were far lower than before. Republican Richard Nixon won the county handily in 1972 as part of his national landslide. Starting with the 1984 election, it has become a Republican stronghold like most white-majority counties in the South, though neither of Bill Clinton's two Republican opponents managed a majority despite winning the county due to Ross Perot's strong third-party candidacy.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2020 | 37,624 | 66.34% | 18,405 | 32.45% | 689 | 1.21% |
| 2016 | 29,587 | 71.70% | 10,278 | 24.91% | 1,400 | 3.39% |
| 2012 | 24,846 | 71.66% | 9,472 | 27.32% | 352 | 1.02% |
| 2008 | 23,735 | 67.53% | 11,161 | 31.76% | 249 | 0.71% |
| 2004 | 21,304 | 70.16% | 8,947 | 29.46% | 115 | 0.38% |
| 2000 | 15,290 | 66.30% | 7,455 | 32.32% | 318 | 1.38% |
| 1996 | 8,697 | 48.34% | 7,383 | 41.03% | 1,913 | 10.63% |
| 1992 | 6,578 | 34.51% | 6,498 | 34.09% | 5,984 | 31.40% |
| 1988 | 8,466 | 53.19% | 7,358 | 46.23% | 92 | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 9,343 | 62.55% | 5,554 | 37.18% | 41 | 0.27% |
| 1980 | 5,852 | 47.63% | 6,266 | 51.00% | 169 | 1.38% |
| 1976 | 3,867 | 37.90% | 6,302 | 61.76% | 35 | 0.34% |
| 1972 | 5,100 | 64.51% | 2,795 | 35.35% | 11 | 0.14% |
| 1968 | 2,431 | 30.04% | 3,311 | 40.92% | 2,350 | 29.04% |
| 1964 | 1,922 | 28.71% | 4,766 | 71.20% | 6 | 0.09% |
| 1960 | 2,717 | 47.10% | 3,008 | 52.15% | 43 | 0.75% |
| 1956 | 2,816 | 48.97% | 2,902 | 50.47% | 32 | 0.56% |
| 1952 | 2,964 | 44.05% | 3,762 | 55.91% | 3 | 0.04% |
| 1948 | 764 | 15.62% | 3,479 | 71.15% | 647 | 13.23% |
| 1944 | 430 | 8.37% | 4,251 | 82.77% | 455 | 8.86% |
| 1940 | 516 | 8.97% | 5,232 | 90.98% | 3 | 0.05% |
| 1936 | 229 | 5.49% | 3,943 | 94.44% | 3 | 0.07% |
| 1932 | 268 | 6.11% | 4,116 | 93.78% | 5 | 0.11% |
| 1928 | 1,718 | 39.27% | 2,657 | 60.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 884 | 13.54% | 5,573 | 85.33% | 74 | 1.13% |
| 1920 | 573 | 12.84% | 3,070 | 68.80% | 819 | 18.35% |
| 1916 | 427 | 12.63% | 2,780 | 82.25% | 173 | 5.12% |
| 1912 | 248 | 9.31% | 2,039 | 76.51% | 378 | 14.18% |
See also[]
- List of museums in North Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Kaufman County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Kaufman County
References[]
- ^ "Kaufman County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48257. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx.
- ^ Kaufman County Historical Commission, History of Kaufman County (Dallas, Texas: Taylor, 1978)
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt.
- ^
"Kaufman". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing from 1790". US Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html.
- ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010". Texas Almanac. http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kaufman County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48257&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kaufman County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48257&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov.
- ^ a b "Breaking news: Texas County District Attorney and Wife Found Dead". The New York Times. 30 March 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/03/30/us/30reuters-texas-districtattorney.html.
- ^ "Breaking news: Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, wife reportedly found dead in home". The Dallas Morning News. 30 March 2013. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130330-breaking-news-kaufman-county-da-wife-found-dead-in-home.ece.
- ^ Eiserer, Tanya and Jana J. Pruet (April 13, 2013). "Ex-justice of peace is prime suspect in Kaufman DA slayings". Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130413-ex-justice-of-peace-is-prime-suspect-in-kaufman-da-slayings.ece.
- ^ Eiserer, Tanya (April 17, 2013). "Wife of jailed ex-Kaufman County justice of the peace is now behind bars, charged with capital murder". Dallas Morning News. http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/wife-of-jailed-ex-kaufman-county-justice-of-the-peace-is-now-behind-bars-charged-with-capital-murder.html/.
- ^ Eiserer, Tanya. "Ex-judge sentenced to death in Texas revenge plot". https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/17/texas-prosecutors-murder-sentence/20537451/.
- ^ "Wife of convicted Kaufman County killer sentenced to 40 years in prison". July 29, 2018. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/07/29/wife-of-convicted-kaufman-county-killer-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison/.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS.
Further reading[]
- Butler, Robert Richard History of Kaufman County, Texas (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940)
- Keller, Mabel Covington History of Kaufman County, Texas (M.A. thesis, North Texas State College, 1950)
- Clausen, C. A. ed., The Lady with the Pen: Elise Wærenskjold in Texas (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1961)
External links[]
- Kaufman County government's website
- Kaufman County at the Handbook of Texas Online
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| over 500 | Dallas† | Fort Worth† |
| 200 - 500 | Arlington | Garland | Irving | Plano |
| 100 - 200 | Carrollton | Denton† | Grand Prairie | McKinney† | Mesquite |
| 50 - 100 | Allen | Euless | Flower Mound | Frisco | Lewisville | Mansfield | North Richland Hills | Richardson |
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| under 10 | Argyle | Blue Mound | Cockrell Hill | Combine | Crowley | Dalworthington Gardens | Decatur† | Edgecliff Village | Everman | Glenn Heights | Highland Park | Hutchins | Kaufman† | Kennedale | Lake Worth | Lakeside | Newark | Ovilla | Pantego | Pelican Bay | Richland Hills | River Oaks | Sansom Park | Sunnyvale | Westover Hills | Westworth Village | Willow Park | Wilmer |
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