18,554
60%
$42,944
19.5%
America/Chicago
76801 76802
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Brownwood, TX - History
We would like to provide the residents of Brownwood a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Brownwood Home page. The Brownwood Home page provides as much information as possible on Brownwood. Knowing Brownwood’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Brownwood’s Home page, you will also find Brownwood’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Brownwood has a population of 18554. 49% of Brownwood’s inhabitants are Male, and 51 are female. 44.6% of Brownwood is married and 59.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $97,945, and the average rent is $804. Household median income in Brownwood is $42,944, and the individual median income is $23,338. Brownwood’s Ethnic is the following: White(83.9%), Hispanic(29.9%), Multiple(7.1%), Black(5.3%), Other(2.6%), Asian(0.9%), Native(0.2%).
The original site of the Brown County seat of Brownwood was east of Pecan Bayou. A dispute arose over land and water rights, and the settlers were forced to find a new location. Greenleaf Fisk donated 60 acres (24 ha) to relocate the county seat to the west side of the bayou, on what is now the current site of Brownwood, and 100 additional acres for county use.
The town was incorporated in 1884.During the Second World War, Brownwood was the location of U.S. Army Camp Bowie, which had a peak complement of over 80,000 soldiers. Camp Bowie serves as a training camp today at the intersection Farm-to-Market Roads 45 and 2126. On April 19, 1976, an F5 tornado struck near Brownwood, causing extensive damage, with 11 reported injuries, but no fatalities.Brownwood's census figures were re-evaluated after the 2000 census from 18,813 to reflect more accurate figures of 20,407.
The city was categorized in 2003 as a micropolitan statistical area. The federal Office of Management and Budget has issued a definition of micropolitan statistical areas as "an urban cluster of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core, as measured by commuting ties." A dispute over water rights created the adjacent city of Early.
The two cities are separated by the Pecan Bayou, one of five major tributaries of the Colorado River of Texas.
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