Rule, Texas

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Rule is a town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 From the Handbook of Texas Online:
4 Education
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Rule is located at 33°10′59″N, 99°53′36″W (33.183118, -99.893300)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 698 people, 300 households, and 207 families residing in the town. The population density was 385.0/km² (1,003.4/mi²). There were 386 housing units at an average density of 212.9/km² (554.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 87.82% White, 2.15% African American, 0.14% Native American, 7.31% from other races, and 2.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.34% of the population.

There were 300 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,342, and the median income for a family was $30,069. Males had a median income of $22,708 versus $14,167 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,454. About 14.3% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] From the Handbook of Texas Online:

RULE, TEXAS. Rule is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 380 and State Highway 6, about fifty-five miles north of Abilene in western Haskell County. The community, established in anticipation of the arrival of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, was named in honor of William A. Rule, Sr., a railroad official. A post office opened there in May 1903, and the first train arrived in 1905. J. L. Jones, who provided land for the townsite, and A. C. Foster invested in a hotel, gins, and other enterprises to get the town started. Jones organized a bank in 1906, the year the town's first newspaper began publication. Rule was incorporated on August 31, 1909, with a mayor-council form of city government.qv In 1912 Rule's estimated population was 891. Its population had grown to 1,347 in 1960 and was about 1,015 in 1984. During the 1980s Rule served the surrounding area as an agricultural and oil-oriented trade center. In 1990 the citizens of Rule erected a Veteran's Memorial Monument to honor its war veterans. Chiseled into the monument are the names of more than 800 veterans from the Civil War,qv the Spanish-American War, World War I,qv World War II,qv the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. In 1991 Rule reported a population of 789, with some twenty-seven businesses.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Edward Jacob Cloud, The Story of Rule, Texas (Stillwater, Oklahoma: Frontier, 1982). Robert E. Sherrill, Haskell County History (Haskell, Texas: Haskell Free Press, 1965).

Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Westbrook