Todd Mission is a city in Grimes County,

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, United States. It lies on Farm to Market Road 1774, northwest of

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. The population was 107 as of the 2010 census, down from 146 at the 2000 census. The city is home to the

Texas Renaissance Festival The Texas Renaissance Festival (dubbed the Ren Fest) is an annual Renaissance fair located in Todd Mission, Texas, about 55 miles northwest of Houston. The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining si ...

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which , or 1.38%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 146 people, 56 households, and 33 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 75 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 80.82%

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, 3.42%

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, 15.75% from

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of any race was 18.49% of the population. There were 56 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 44.6% had

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living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% had non-families; 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 persons and the average family size was 3.21 persons. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 124.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $40,313, and the median income for a family was $40,750. Males had a median income of $24,583 versus $21,458 for females. The

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for the city was $16,309. There were 6.5% of families and 10.4% of the population living below the

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, including 18.2% under eighteen years and 33.3% over 64.

Education

Todd Mission is served by the

Navasota Independent School District Navasota Independent School District is a public school district based in Navasota, Texas ( USA) that enrolls approximately 3,000 students. The district encompasses , in southern Grimes and Brazos counties. In Grimes County it includes the Cit ...

. Its comprehensive high school is

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Economy

Todd Mission is home to the renaissance fair with the largest annual attendance in the United States, the

References

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