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We would like to provide the residents of  Stephenville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Stephenville Home page. The Stephenville Home page provides as much information as possible on Stephenville. Knowing Stephenville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Stephenville’s Home page, you will also find Stephenville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Stephenville has a population of 20887. 46.2% of Stephenville’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.8 are female. 37.3% of Stephenville is married and 45.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $164,133, and the average rent is $992. Household median income in Stephenville is $48,602, and the individual median income is $20,002. Stephenville’s Ethnic is the following: White(88.2%), Hispanic(17.5%), Black(3.3%), Other(2.7%), Multiple(2.6%), Native(1.8%), Asian(1.4%), Pacific(0.1%).


Stephenville is named after John M. Stephen, who settled there in 1854, and donated the land for the townsite laid out by George B. Erath when the county was organized in 1856. In the first two years of its settlement, the population increased to 776. The population then declined until 1871, because the townsite was in Comanche territory and raids were common, and because the hardships of the American Civil War led citizens to leave.


The population grew after Stephenville became an agriculture and livestock center. Coal mining also became important to the area in 1886, and was a major segment of the economy for the 30 years. Stephenville was incorporated in 1889, with the arrival of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway. In the 1890s, many of the buildings around the town square were built, Tarleton State University opened, and the community's two newspapers merged to become the Empire-Tribune, which is still in operation.


In February 1907, the Stephenville North and South Texas Railway was chartered by Stephenville and Hamilton business interests, which sold the line in 1910 to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas system. In the 20th century, industry became an important part of Stephenville, and the population has steadily increased since the 1920s.


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