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Hughes Springs, Texas
Hughes Springs is a city in Cass and Morris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,575. The town has heavily damaged by an EF2 tornado on November 4, 2022. Geography Hughes Springs is located in western Cass County at (32.998115, –94.630542). A small portion extends west into Morris County. The city is located along state highways 11 and 49, which run concurrently through the city limits. TX 11 leads east to Linden, and TX 49 leads southeast to Avinger. The two highways together lead west to Daingerfield. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics According to the 2020 United States census, there were 1,575 people, 628 households, and 422 families residing in the city. At the 2000 census, there were 1,856 people, 777 households and 512 families residing in the city. The population density was 761.7 per square mile (293.7/km). There were 856 housing units at an ave ... [...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] |
