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Streetman is a town in Freestone and Navarro counties in
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, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 248.


Geography

Streetman is located in northern Freestone County. A largely undeveloped part of the town extends north into Navarro County. Streetman is on
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, which leads southeast to Fairfield, the Freestone County seat.
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passes southwest of Streetman, with access from Exits 211 and 213. I-45 leads north to
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and south to
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. According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.2%, is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 203 people, 102 households, and 55 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 128 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 83.74%
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, 14.78%
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, 0.99% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4.43% of the population. There were 102 households, out of which 17.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were
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living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families. 40.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.59. In the town, the population was spread out, with 15.8% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $19,531, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $31,667 versus $20,313 for females. The
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for the town was $13,599. About 5.0% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the
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, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 19.6% of those 65 or over.


Education

Streetman is served by the Fairfield Independent School District.


Notable people

* Arbella Ewing (1894–2008), who was at the time of her death the third-oldest living person, the second-oldest living American, the second longest-lived resident of Texas, and the oldest living African-American * Firpo Marberry, famous Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s, pitched in the
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,
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and
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.


See also

*
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{{authority control Towns in Freestone County, Texas Towns in Navarro County, Texas Towns in Texas