Normangee, Texas

Normangee, Texas
Town
Welcome sign
Motto:  "The Deerest Place in Texas"
Location of Normangee, Texas
Coordinates: 31°1′45″N96°7′4″W / 31.02917°N 96.11778°W / 31.02917; -96.11778
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Leon, Madison
Area [1]
• Total	1.12 sq mi (2.89 km2)
• Land	1.12 sq mi (2.89 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	495
• Density	632.62/sq mi (244.36/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	77871
Area code	936
FIPS code	48-51840 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1381022 [4]

Normangee is a town in Leon and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population is 495 as of 2020. ^[2]

History

The railroads were pushing the frontier westward and the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway (T&BV) and the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) were built between Houston and Dallas in 1904–1905, but the passed through Robert Rogers' land about 2 miles west of Rogers Prairie. So on January 26, 1907, S.B. Phillips filed for record a plat of the new town, Normangee, located in the southwest corner of the Robert Rogers land grant at the junction of the Old San Antonio Road and the two new railroads. When the H&TC was being built through this region, railroad officials placed a town every 8 miles. A small community, known as Rogers Prairie, existed 2 miles east of where the railroad line was built. Norman G. Kittrell was the county judge of Leon County at the time. The railroad named the new town after Judge Kittrell. ^[5] Since there was already a Norman, Oklahoma, the town renamed itself Normangee. ^[6]

Geography

Normangee is located at 31°1′45″N96°7′4″W / 31.02917°N 96.11778°W / 31.02917; -96.11778 (31.029054, –96.117712). ^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²), all of it land. Normangee is incorporated in Leon County, where most of it lies; only a small part extends into Madison County.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1920	662		—
1930	869		31.3%
1940	535		−38.4%
1950	657		22.8%
1960	718		9.3%
1970	657		−8.5%
1980	636		−3.2%
1990	689		8.3%
2000	719		4.4%
2010	685		−4.7%
2020	495		−27.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

Normangee racial composition as of 2020 ^[9]
(NH = Non-Hispanic) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	313	63.23%
Black or African American (NH)	57	11.52%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	1	0.2%
Asian (NH)	2	0.4%
Some Other Race (NH)	2	0.4%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	23	4.65%
Hispanic or Latino	97	19.6%
Total	495

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 495 people, 315 households, and 249 families residing in the town.

As of the census ^[3] of 2000, 719 people, 277 households, and 185 families were residing in the town. The population density was 648.0 inhabitants per square mile (250.2/km²). The 358 housing units averaged 322.6 per mi² (124.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 73.71% White, 20.45% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 3.48% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 8.07% of the population.

Of the 277 households, 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were not families. About 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60, and the average family size was 3.22.

In the town, the age distribution was 30.7% under 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,594, and for a family was $34,444. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $16,042 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,336. About 16.1% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Town of Normangee is served by the Normangee Independent School District and is home to the Normangee High School Panthers.

Economy

The local economy consists of over 100 small businesses, including banking, groceries and staple goods, antique and thrift stores, health care, and agricultural suppliers.

Notable people

• William Womack Heath, US ambassador to Sweden
• Joseph Jones, former Texas A&M and now professional basketball player
• Lester Roloff, Independent Baptist clergyman from Corpus Christi; died in a private plane crash near Normangee in 1982
• Billy Charles Covington, an inventor of the non-thermal process for annealing crystalline materials ^[12]

References

1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Normangee town, Texas". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
4. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5. "TSHA | Normangee, TX".
6. Temple, Robert D. Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places, (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, ISBN   978-0-595-47758-6, page 324.
7. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
9. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
10. https://www.census.gov/ ^{[ not specific enough to verify ]}
11. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
12. Patents, Justia (Sep 27, 2022). "Patents By Inventor Billy Charles Covington". Justia Patents. Retrieved Sep 27, 2022.

1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. ^{[10] [11]}

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