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Granite Shoals, Texas
Granite Shoals is a city in Burnet County, Texas, Burnet County, Texas, United States. The 2010 census population was 4,910. Geography Granite Shoals is located in southwestern Burnet County at . This is west of Marble Falls, Texas, Marble Falls and northwest of downtown Austin, Texas, Austin, on a bend on the east shore of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 20.25%, is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,129 people, 1,676 households, and 1,333 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the 2000 census, there were 2,040 people, 825 households, and 593 families residing in the city. The population density was 828.3 people per square mile (320.2/km2). There were 1,224 housing units at an average density of 497.0/sq mi (192.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 86.57% White (U.S. Census), White, 1.13% African American (U.S. Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
