Center Point, Texas | |
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 Woolls Building | |
  Center Point Location within Texas and the United States  Center Point Center Point (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 29°56′39″N99°02′14″W / 29.94417°N 99.03722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Kerr |
| Elevation | 1,532 ft (467 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,260 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1332539 [1] |
Center Point is an unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States.
In the mid-1850s, as Kerr County was establishing a new county seat, a small community to the south was being established as a major trade area between Comfort and Kerrsville (later changed to Kerrville) and Bandera and Fredericksburg. [2]
On November 25, 1859, the first post office was established and called Zanzenberg after the ancestral home of the town founder Charles Ganahl. Originally opened in the home of Ganahl, the post office stayed there until 1872, when it was moved to the south side of the Guadalupe River, where a sizable community was being built. When the post office was reopened, it was called Center Point due to its location on the trade routes.
Founded largely by settlers from western Tennessee, the community continued to grow as relatives and neighbors from Tennessee converged on the banks of the Guadalupe to call Zanzenburg/Center Point their new home. On September 1, 1857, the first native of Center Point, Daniel C. Nowlin, was born to James Crispin Nowlin and Ann Gathings Nowlin. Daniel served as Kerr County Surveyor, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, and then to Wyoming where he was a prominent sheep rancher until his death on February 5, 1925.
The first attempt at incorporating Center Point came on August 9, 1889 for "school purposes". [3]
At the turn of the 20th century, Center Point was a thriving trade center and remained so until, like so many communities in America, it became the victim of new highways passing it by. Once again, on March 1, 1913, Center Point voted itself an incorporated city, appointed a mayor, city clerk, commissioners’ health officer, and then, in October of the same year, dissolved itself by a popular vote of the people. It remained unincorporated until the mid-1990s, when voters once again approved incorporation. Within less than two years, it was once again voted that the incorporation should be dissolved. As such, Center Point remains one of the largest unincorporated communities in the state of Texas.
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 842 | 66.67% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 5 | 0.4% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 5 | 0.4% |
| Asian (NH) | 6 | 0.48% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 4 | 0.32% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 37 | 2.93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 364 | 28.82% |
| Total | 1,263 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,263 people, 624 households, and 544 families residing in the CDP.
Center Point experiences a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and a generally mild winter. Temperatures range from 82 °F (28 °C) in the summer to 49 °F (9 °C) during winter.
| Climate data for Center Point, Texas | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 90 (32) | 96 (36) | 101 (38) | 104 (40) | 102 (39) | 108 (42) | 109 (43) | 109 (43) | 109 (43) | 102 (39) | 92 (33) | 88 (31) | 109 (43) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 61 (16) | 66 (19) | 73 (23) | 79 (26) | 84 (29) | 90 (32) | 93 (34) | 93 (34) | 88 (31) | 80 (27) | 69 (21) | 62 (17) | 78 (26) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 49 (9) | 53 (12) | 60 (16) | 67 (19) | 73 (23) | 79 (26) | 82 (28) | 81 (27) | 76 (24) | 68 (20) | 57 (14) | 50 (10) | 66 (19) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 36 (2) | 39 (4) | 47 (8) | 54 (12) | 62 (17) | 68 (20) | 70 (21) | 69 (21) | 64 (18) | 56 (13) | 45 (7) | 38 (3) | 54 (12) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −5 (−21) | −3 (−19) | 12 (−11) | 24 (−4) | 38 (3) | 48 (9) | 55 (13) | 54 (12) | 35 (2) | 24 (−4) | 12 (−11) | 1 (−17) | −5 (−21) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.36 (35) | 1.91 (49) | 1.86 (47) | 2.40 (61) | 4.29 (109) | 3.97 (101) | 2 (51) | 2.74 (70) | 3.07 (78) | 3.72 (94) | 2.19 (56) | 2.14 (54) | 31.65 (805) |
| Source: The Weather Channel [6] | |||||||||||||
The Center Point Independent School District serves area students.
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Much of the information above was gleaned from "Kerr County Texas 1856-1956" by Clara Watkins revised edition of Bennett Book.
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