Haskell County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,416. The

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. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1885. It is named for Charles Ready Haskell, who was killed in the Goliad massacre.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.8%) are covered by water.

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 277 * U.S. Highway 380 * State Highway 6 * State Highway 222

Adjacent counties

* Knox County (north) * Throckmorton County (east) * Shackelford County (southeast) * Jones County (south) * Stonewall County (west) * Baylor County (northeast) * King County (northwest)

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, 6,093 people, 2,569 households, and 1,775 families resided in the county. The

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was . The 3,555 housing units averaged . The racial makeup of the county was 82.78% White, 2.79% Black or African American, 0.54% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 11.67% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races. About 20% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 2,569 households, 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were not families. About 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86. In the county, the population distributed as 23.70% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 25.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $23,690, and for a family was $29,506. Males had a median income of $23,542 versus $16,418 for females. The

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for the county was $14,918. About 16.90% of families and 22.80% of the population were below the

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, including 34.00% of those under age 18 and 15.40% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

(county seat) * O'Brien * Stamford (small part in Jones County) * Weinert

Towns

* Rochester * Rule

Unincorporated communities

* Paint Creek * Sagerton

Ghost town

* Jud

Politics

Haskell County is the home county of former Texas

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. Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from

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in Cooke County, has represented Haskell County in the

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since January 2013. Haskell County was once a Democratic bastion, voting for the Democratic nominee for president in every election from its founding through 1996, with the exceptions of the 1972 and 1984 Republican landslides. In 2000, it broke its Democratic heritage by voting for Republican nominee

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. Since then, the county has taken a sharp Republican turn, moving rightward in every subsequent election as of 2020. In 2020, Haskell gave 83.1 percent of the vote to Republican nominee

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, the highest ever Republican vote share in the county, and just 15.9 percent of the vote to Democratic nominee

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, the lowest ever Democratic vote share in the county.

Education

School districts serving sections of the county include: * Haskell Consolidated Independent School District * Knox City-O'Brien Consolidated Independent School District * Munday Consolidated Independent School District * Paint Creek Independent School District * Rule Independent School District * Stamford Independent School District Goree Independent School District formerly served sections of the county. On July 1, 2003, it merged into Munday CISD. The county is in the service area of

Vernon College Vernon College is a public community college in Vernon, Texas. History The two-year Vernon Regional Junior College welcomed its first student body of 608 in 1972, and had a board of trustees of seven members. In 1970, the Wilbarger County voter ...

.Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.207. VERNON REGIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA

References

External links

Haskell County government's website
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Haskell County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties
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