Windom is a town in

Fannin County, Texas Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,662. The county seat is Bonham. The county was named for James Fannin, who commanded the grou ...

, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census, down from 245 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Windom is located in eastern Fannin County at (33.564513, –95.999534).

Texas State Highway 56 State Highway 56 (SH 56) is a state highway Grayson and Fannin counties in north-central Texas, United States. This highway was designated in 1974 to replace U.S. Highway 82 (US 82) when it was rerouted north of Whitesboro ...

runs through the town, leading east to Honey Grove and west to Bonham, the

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. According to the

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, Windom has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, 245 people, 97 households, and 71 families were residing in the town. The

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was 446.6 people per square mile (172.0/km). The 111 housing units averaged 202.3 per square mile (77.9/km). The

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of the town was 91.43% White, 6.12% African American, 1.22% Native American, and 1.22% from two or more races. Of the 97 households, 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were not families. About 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53, and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was distributed as 24.5% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $44,375, and for a family was $50,781. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $32,500 for females. The

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for the town was $17,779. About 5.8% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the

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, including 9.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.0% of those sixty five or over. The Hindu-Jain spiritual retreat in Windom is called

Siddhayatan Siddhayatan, is a Jain-Hindu Tirth (pilgrimage site) in North America founded in 2008 by Acharya Shree Yogeesh. It is located on a site at Windom near Dallas, Texas, United States. Siddhayatan currently has miniatured versions of pilgrimage site ...

Education

Windom is served by the

Honey Grove Independent School District Honey Grove Independent School District is a 2A public school district based in Honey Grove, Texas, United States. History On July 1, 1987, Windom Independent School District merged into Honey Grove ISD, and as a result the district was rename ...

. On July 1, 1987, Windom Independent School District merged into Honey Grove ISD. Windom's school closed in the late 1980s due to declining enrollment.

References

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