Corral City, Texas

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Corral City is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 89 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Corral City is located at 33°6′3″N, 97°13′33″W (33.100883, -97.225812)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 km² (0.0 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 89 people, 29 households, and 20 families residing in the town. The population density was 859.1/km² (2,022.5/mi²). There were 31 housing units at an average density of 299.2/km² (704.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.01% White, 7.87% Native American, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.24% of the population.

There were 29 households out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.75.

In the town the population was spread out with 39.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 34.8% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 2.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 122.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 134.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $38,125. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,161. There were 18.2% of families and 25.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 53.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

[edit] History

Corral City originally began as a mobile-home park in the late 1960s, but the popularity of alcohol sales in the otherwise dry Denton County, Texas spurred it to incorporate in 1973. With that incorporation, the town was able to vote to sell alcohol, and continues to do so from a prime location just north of the Texas Motor Speedway. As part of a plan to allow alcohol sales at the Speedway, Corral City was briefly home to Justice of the Peace Precinct 7, which encompassed the Speedway portion of Fort Worth, Texas as well as slivers of land designed to reach from the city to the Speedway.