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Big Lake, Texas Location of Big Lake, Texas Location of Big Lake, Texas State Texas Big Lake is a small non-urban city in Reagan County, Texas, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 2,936.
The town/city takes its name from a dry lake, a unique dryland plains geographic feature situated up on the divide between the Rio Grande and Colorado River watersheds, positioned less than two miles south of the city, through which St Hwy 137 passes.
The dry lake, with no outlet, is over two sections in size, making it the biggest in Texas; it holds water temporarily and only after high runoff precipitation affairs, being used for grazing the remainder of the time.
Although cyclic and temporal, the 'big playa lake', in wet periods, is momentous in a semi-arid, drought-frequented surrounding and has been utilized regularly as a food and water resource by man and animal, alike, since prehistoric times.
Started as a small ranching improve in the late 1880s, Big Lake owes its initial existence to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, which passed through the region in 1912 as it was extended from Sherwood, west of San Angelo, to Girvin and beyond the Pecos River.
The city's current existence is based on agriculture (some farming, but mostly ranching) and petroleum and gas service and manufacturing throughout the area.
5 Big Lake in prominent culture Big Lake is positioned at 31 11 38 N 101 27 32 W (31.193908, -101.458834). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all of it land.
Big Lake was served by the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, and continues to be served by successor Texas Pacifico Transportation.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,885 citizens , 932 homeholds, and 751 families residing in the city.
There were 932 homeholds out of which 48.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.47.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 34.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,478, and the median income for a family was $37,104.
About 8.8% of families and 11.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 23.2% of those age 65 or over.
Big Lake experiences a hot semi-arid climate, typical of west Texas and parts of central Texas.
Due to Big Lake's aridity and elevation, temperatures drop quickly after sunset, especially in the summer.
Climate data for Big Lake, Texas (Elevation 2,690ft) (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 The City of Big Lake is served by the Reagan County Independent School District.
Big Lake in prominent culture The town/city of Big Lake was featured in the 2002 movie The Rookie, although the town portrayed in the movie was actually Thorndale, Texas, which is actually a little bit east of Austin. The Rookie made Big Lake interested in hosting a minor league baseball team: the West Texas Big Fish of the Texas Louisiana League in the 2000s.
Today, another Big Fish team is a member of the collegiate level Central Texas Collegiate League. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Municipalities and communities of Reagan County, Texas, United States State of Texas County seats of Texas
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Reagan County, Texas - County seats in Texas - Populated places established in the 1880s
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