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Sabine County is a county located on the central eastern border of the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sov ...
of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,894. The county was organized on December 14, 1837, and named for the Sabine River, which forms its eastern border.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (15%) is water.


Major highways

* U.S. Highway 96 * State Highway 21 * State Highway 87 * State Highway 103 * State Highway 184


National Protected Areas

*
Sabine National Forest Sabine National Forest is located in East Texas near the Texas-Louisiana border. The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in ...
(part)


Adjacent counties and parish

* Shelby County (north) * Sabine Parish, Louisiana (east) * Newton County (south) * Jasper County (southwest) * San Augustine County (west)


History

Like other eastern Texas counties, Sabine was originally developed as cotton plantations, which depended on the labor of numerous enslaved African Americans. After the Civil War and emancipation, many freedmen remained in the rural area, working as tenant farmers and sharecroppers. There was considerable violence by whites against blacks during and after Reconstruction. After 1877 and through the early 20th century, Sabine County had 10 lynchings of blacks by whites in acts of racial terrorism. This was the fourth-highest total in the state, where lynchings took place in nearly all counties through this period. From 1930 to 1970, the population declined as many African Americans left this rural county and other parts of the South in the Great Migration to escape Jim Crow oppression and seek better jobs, especially in Northern industrial cities and on the West Coast, where the defense industry built up during World War II.


Demographics


2020 census

''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 of 2000, there were 10,469 people, 4,485 households, and 3,157 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile (8/km2). There were 7,659 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 87.85% White, 9.92%
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or
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, 0.41% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.03%
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, 0.82% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 1.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 4,485 households, out of which 23.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were married couples living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.78. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.10% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 21.10% from 25 to 44, 27.20% from 45 to 64, and 24.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males. The median income for a household in the county was $27,198, and the median income for a family was $32,554. Males had a median income of $28,695 versus $21,141 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,821. About 11.80% of families and 15.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.90% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The following school districts serve Sabine County: *
Brookeland Independent School District Brookeland Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Brookeland, Texas (USA). In addition to Brookeland, the district covers portions of four counties - southwestern Sabine, northeastern Jasper (including ...
(partial) *
Hemphill Independent School District Hemphill Independent School District is a public school district based in Hemphill, Texas (USA). In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch ...
*
Shelbyville Independent School District Shelbyville Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Shelbyville, Texas (USA). The district is located in southeastern Shelby County and includes part of Huxley. A small portion of northwestern Sabine ...
(partial) *
West Sabine Independent School District West Sabine Independent School District is a public school district based in Pineland, Texas (USA) that serves western Sabine County. The district was formed in 1962 by the consolidation of Bronson and Pineland school districts. In 2009, the ...
The county is in the service area of
Angelina College Angelina College is a public community college with its main campus in Lufkin, Texas. It has nine off-campus centers in Crockett, Hemphill, Jasper, Livingston (Polk County Center), Nacogdoches, Pineland (Sabine Center), San Augustine ...
.


Communities


Cities

* Hemphill (county seat) * Pineland


Unincorporated areas


Census-designated places

* Milam


Unincorporated communities

* Bronson * Brookeland (partly in Jasper County) * Fairmount * Geneva *
Isla Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla ...
* Pendleton Harbor * Rosevine * Sexton * Yellowpine


Historical communities

*
Bayou In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...
* East Mayfield * Fairdale * Gravehill * Pendleton * Plainview * Sabinetown * Tebo * Time * Vesta


COVID-19 pandemic

In July 2021, Sabine County ranked the highest in the United States for cases of Coronavirus per 100,000 people. Deaths in Texas are especially high among those that had not been vaccinated.


Politics

Sabine County has become a solidly Republican county since the beginning of the 21st century but previously leaned Democratic, voting for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996 and also against Texan George H. W. Bush in 1988 and 1992. Sabine County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Chris Paddie, a radio broadcaster and former mayor of Marshall in Harrison County.


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Sabine County, Texas * Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Sabine County


References


External links


Sabine County website

Sabine County Chamber of Commerce
* {{coord, 31.34, -93.85, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-TX_source:UScensus1990 1837 establishments in the Republic of Texas Populated places established in 1837