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"Rockdale welcome sign The Chamber of Commerce building in Rockdale International-Great Northern Railroad Passenger Depot -- Rockdale, Texas U.S. 79 is the main street of Rockdale. Rockdale Police Department; Chief Thomas Harris (2011) Kay Theater in Rockdale,Texas First Baptist Church of Rockdale; pastor Jack Chelf, Jr. (2011) Rockdale is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It is about 41 miles west of College Station. History In 1873, the town developed as the International-Great Northern Railroad came through the area. Rockdale was named for a nearby rock that stood 12 feet high and had a circumference of 20 feet. Rockdale was incorporated in 1878. Geography Rockdale is located at (30.654674, -97.007439). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Rockdale has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps. Demographics As of the census of 2017, 5,605people, 2,088 households, and 1,395 families were residing in the city. The population density was 1,343.3 people per square mile (670.9/km). The 2,379 housing units averaged 759.2 per square mile (293.5/km). The racial makeup of the city was 70.69% White, 14.29% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 12.23% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 21.93% of the population. Of the 2,077 households, 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were not families. About 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.14. In the city, the age distribution was 28.5% under 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $34,612, and for a family was $39,491. Males had a median income of $30,758 versus $20,692 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,618. About 13.2% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over. Economy Rockdale was the site of a large Alcoa aluminium smelting facility, which could produce 1.67 million pounds of aluminum per day. The Alcoa plant profoundly changed the city, as noted in a Saturday Evening Post article by Rockdale native George Sessions Perry. Within a few years of its arrival in 1952, Rockdale almost doubled in population, changing in character from a predominantly agricultural economy to one heavily driven by manufacturing jobs. Smelting operations were halted at the Alcoa plant in 2008. The Alcoa plant closed in February 2014 when production at the atomizer ceased. Rockdale is also the site of the Sandow Power Plant. The power facility was scheduled to close in early 2018, which will cost 450 jobs including the Three Oak Mine.https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2017/10/13/texas-largest- power-generator-speeds-coals-decline-closure-two-plants Today, Whinstone US, INC is the worlds largest HPC data center located in Rockdale. The company has created an economic impact of 34 million dollars to the local community and 373 secondary jobs as a result of Whinstone US, INC coming to Milam County. Education The City of Rockdale is served by the Rockdale Independent School District. Media * Rockdale Reporter * KRXT radio Notable people Author George Sessions Perry was born in Rockdale on May 5, 1910, and lived much of his life there. Mary Sue Whipp Hubbard, the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, was a Rockdale native. Dan Kubiak, a native of Falls County, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983 and again from 1991 until his death in 1998. He was a long-term Rockdale resident. Kubiak's younger brother, L. B. Kubiak, is a veterinarian in Austin and a Rockdale resident who from 1983 to 1991 held the same House seat as his brother. Former NFL linebacker Stan Blinka played for and graduated from Rockdale High School. Blinka was a NAIA All-American at Sam Houston State University. Former All-Pro NFL linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, who played on the legendary Green Bay Packers teams of the 1960s, was born in Rockdale and retired there after his professional career. Liz Galloway McQuitter was born in Rockdale and competed as a women's basketball player at the high-school and collegiate levels. She played professional basketball in the Women's Professional Basketball League, which was the first professional women's basketball league in the United States. She held positions as head coach and assistant coach of women's basketball at the high-school and collegiate levels. In April, 2015, she ended her career in athletics, retiring as head coach of the Rockdale High School Lady Tigers. James Wright (born May 6, 1938) is an American retired professional basketball player. Wright graduated from Aycock High School (Rockdale) in 1956. He played two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967–68 and 1968–69, winning the ABA Finals in 1968 as a member of the Pittsburgh Pipers. Blues guitarist Pee Wee Crayton was born in Rockdale. Former Texas A&M; Director of Football Sports Performance Larry Jackson, who was a member of the Wrecking Crew from 1991–1994, is from Rockdale. He now serves as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Browns. NASA astronaut Kenneth Cockrell graduated from Rockdale High School in 1968. Le'Raven Clark is an American football offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas Tech, and was drafted by the Colts in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. Former track and field athlete Gordon McKee competed for Rockdale High School, graduating in 1985. As an elite long jumper, he was 1990 USA Indoor Track and Field national champion. Track & Field News magazine ranked McKee 9th in the world in 1990 and again in 1992. ReferencesExternal links * City of Rockdale official website Category:Cities in Milam County, Texas Category:Cities in Texas "
"Goldthwaite (established 1885) is a small city located in Mills County in Central Texas. The population was 1,878 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mills County, which is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Supreme Court for the Third, Seventh, and Eighth districts of the former Republic of Texas. Goldthwaite is located in the western portion of the Texas Hill Country. The elevation is 1,580 feet. Goldthwaite is situated at the intersections of U.S. Highways 84 and 183, Texas State Highway 16, and Texas Farm-to-Market Roads 572 and 574. History Goldthwaite was originally a part of the southern portion of Brown County. Like many other Texas communities, Goldthwaite was named for a railroad official, Joe C. Goldthwaite of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, who conducted the auction of town lots. The post office opened in 1886. After Mills County was organized, several landowners donated property with the assurance that Goldthwaite would become the county seat. The first county jail was built in 1888, and the courthouse was completed in 1890. The Santa Fe Railroad constructed shops and a roundhouse switch. Goldthwaite was scheduled to have become a division point until labor problems compelled the railroad to relocate the shops to Brownwood, the seat of Brown County, to the north. Even without the railroad, Goldthwaite progressed. By 1898, it had a population of 1,200, three churches, a bank, a number of hotels and boardinghouses, two cotton gins, two gristmills, both public and private schools businesses, and two competing weekly newspapers, the Goldthwaite Eagle and the Goldthwaite Mountaineer. A meeting in 1905 of the Confederate Reunion, a major annual social event, remains the largest public gathering in the history of Mills County. A large Confederate monument is on the front lawn of the courthouse in Goldthwaite.Handbook of Texas Online - GOLDTHWAITE, TX A fire in 1912 destroyed the wooden courthouse, and it was replaced in 1913 by a brick structure designed in classical revival style by the architect Henry T. Phelps. The courthouse is shaded by several large trees.Mills County Courthouse (Goldthwaite, Texas) on Flickr - Photo Sharing! The first school library was established in 1915, the same year that work began on Lake Merritt, some seven miles from Goldthwaite. By 1928, Goldthwaite had 2,800 residents and 95 businesses. The population fell to 1,324 by 1931 because of drought and the Great Depression. The number of businesses dipped to 55 by 1933. After the depression years, Goldthwaite recovered only modestly, though agricultural diversification brought renewed prosperity.Mills County Meat-type goats graze east of Goldthwaite, in the Texas Hill Country Goldthwaite is a trade center for farm equipment and such agricultural products as mohair, wool, fruits, cattle, turkeys, and pecans. Herds of mohair-producing Angora goats are raised in the general area about Goldthwaite. In the fall and winter, the area is popular with hunters seeking white-tailed deer. The city lies on United States Highway 183, a segment of the Ports-to-Plains Highway which connects the Texas heartland with the Texas Gulf Coast. Goldthwaite City Park, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Texas Highway 16, offers swimming, picnicking, and playground equipment.Texas Department of Transportation, Texas State Travel Guide, 2008, p. 90 The nine-hole municipal golf course is open year-round. Goldthwaite has two museums: Mills County Museum, which contains replicas of pioneer rooms and hosts a chili supper in mid-November, and the Old Jail Museum at Courthouse Square, which is included in the National Register of Historic Places. Goldthwaite is known for its Christmas celebration from November through December. Lighting displays are erected and holiday fare fills the specialty shops. Goldthwaite holds an annual "Parade of Lights" on the first Saturday in December. The City of Goldthwaite owns and operates the Goldthwaite Municipal Airport, a general aviation airport with a 3,200 x 60 ft. (975 x 18 m) asphalt runway.. Federal Aviation Administration, Effective 24 May 2018. The airport originally opened in 2011. In 2015, 10 T-hangars, a hangar apron, an access road, and a garage storage area for a courtesy car were constructed, and a fly-in golf program was offered in partnership with the adjacent golf course. Around 20 miles west of Goldthwaite is the Regency Suspension Bridge atop the Colorado River of Texas, which divides Mills County from San Saba County. Regency is one of the few swinging bridges still in use in Texas. It is featured on Bob Phillips's weekly syndicated television series Texas Country Reporter. The bridge is reached by a gravel road some eight miles from Texas Farm-to-Market Road 574. Municipal government In 1907, Goldthwaite was chartered as a Type A General Law city with a mayor and five aldermen. It also employs a city manager. The annual municipal budget is $2 million. The city owns and operates its electric distribution system and purchases power from the Lower Colorado River Authority. It also owns and operates a state-approved water system and a wastewater system approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Goldthwaite is served by Frontier Communications, Atmos Energy, Central Texas TeleCommunications (Fiber Internet), and Community Santitation. All but 5% of the city streets are paved. The city collects a 2% sales tax (plus the 6.25% state sales tax) but no city property tax. Goldthwaite claims lower utility rates than most other Texas communities.Goldthwaite, Texas, Hill Country Political behavior Mills County and Goldthwaite were somewhat more Democratic in political orientation than the state of Texas as a whole, at least until 1996. Mills County voters supported Democratic presidential nominees Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980, and Bill Clinton in 1992. Voters supported Republican candidates Richard Nixon in 1972, Ronald Reagan in 1984, George H.W. Bush in 1988, Bob Dole in 1996, and George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Dole received 1,057 votes to Bill Clinton's 752 and 200 for Independent Ross Perot, the Dallas billionaire industrialist. The second Bush polled large majorities over Democrats Al Gore, and John Kerry.; World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1969, pp. 90-910; World Almanac, 1977, pp. 65-66; World Almanac, 1985, pp. 65-66; World Almanac, 1993, pp. 100-101 In the 2008 presidential primaries, Mills County cast 772 ballots in the Democratic contest and 487 in the GOP race. In the United States Senate primary, the county cast 555 Democratic ballots and 408 Republican votes. Geography Goldthwaite is located at (31.450478, -98.571095). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Cities near Goldthwaite include Brownwood, Hamilton, Comanche, San Saba, and Star. Education Goldthwaite is served by the Goldthwaite Independent School District. Goldthwaite Elementary School is located at 1501 Campbell. Goldthwaite Middle School is located at 1507 Trent Street. Goldthwaite High School is located at 1509 Hannah Valley Road. New Horizons Ranch School is located off Farm-to-Market Road 574.Goldthwaite Isd School District, TX - Goldthwaite Isd County Schools in Texas / TX Four-year college instruction is available in the region through Baptist-affiliated Howard Payne University in Brownwood. Tarleton State University in Stephenville offers public higher education. To the southeast is Texas A&M; University in College Station, and Baylor University in Waco is to the east. Demographics At the 2000 census, there were 1,802 people, 740 households and 466 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,047.4 per square mile (404.5/km). There were 883 housing units at an average density of 513.2 per square mile (198.2/km). The racial makeup of the city was 87.01% White, 0.39% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 10.82% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.42% of the population. There were 740 households, of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.87. Age distribution was 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 28.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.1 males. The median household income was $26,731, and the median family income was $34,940. Males had a median income of $25,577 versus $19,602 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,591. About 12.5% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those age 65 or over. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Goldthwaite has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.Climate Summary for Goldthwaite, Texas ReferencesExternal links * Community Website Category:Cities in Texas Category:Cities in Mills County, Texas Category:County seats in Texas Category:Populated places established in 1885 "
"Mullin is a town in Mills County in Northwestern Central Texas. The population was 179 at the 2010 census. Geography Mullin is located at (31.556394, -98.665468). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 175 people, 69 households, and 48 families residing in the town. The population density was 376.5 people per square mile (146.9/km2). There were 84 housing units at an average density of 180.7/sq mi (70.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 90.86% White, 8.57% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.71% of the population. There were 69 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non- families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $24,167, and the median income for a family was $28,182. Males had a median income of $23,333 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the town was $10,088. About 25.8% of families and 34.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 47.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.9% of those 65 or over. Education The Town of Mullin is served by the Mullin Independent School District and home to the Mullin High School Bulldogs. Notable people *Belve Bean, professional baseball player Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Mullin has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Mullin, Texas References Category:Populated places in Mills County, Texas Category:Towns in Texas "