Bishop, Texas Bishop, Texas Location of Bishop, Texas Location of Bishop, Texas Bishop is a town/city in Nueces County, Texas, United States.
8.1 Bishop in prominent culture Bishop is a small town in south Texas, it was a prepared town from its beginning.
Bishop, an insurance agent turned promoter, acquired 2,300 acres (9.3 km2) of territory in South Texas along the barns line and laid out a model improve surrounded by farm tracts.
Bishop laid out zoned business, industrialized and residentiary districts and assembled a water and power system.
Bishop closed his operation as World War I started.
Bishop is positioned at 27 35 7 N 97 47 58 W (27.585178, -97.799437). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), all of it land.
Highway 77 (Future Interstate 69 - E) and Farm-to-Market Road 70, Bishop is positioned eight miles north of Kingsville and about thirty miles southwest of Corpus Christi. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bishop has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,305 citizens , 1,132 homeholds, and 868 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,434, and the median income for a family was $41,250.
About 12.2% of families and 14.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those ages 65 or over.
The City of Bishop is served by the Bishop Consolidated Independent School District, which has five schools: Bishop High (Grades 9-12) Bishop Elementary (Grades 4-5) Bishop Primary School (Grades PK-3) Bishop Primary (Grades PK-3) The Bishop Municipal Airport is positioned three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) northeast of Bishop's central company district.] Season 2, Episode 2 of Person of Interest "Bad Code" takes place in a fictional representation of Bishop, TX. Texas - Escapes Profile on Bishop Climate Summary for Bishop, Texas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Bishop Chamber of Commerce Bishop, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online Municipalities and communities of Nueces County, Texas, United States
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