Bonham, Texas Bonham, Texas Fannin County Courthouse, Bonham, Texas, assembled in 1889 Fannin County Courthouse, Bonham, Texas, assembled in 1889 Location of Bonham, Texas Location of Bonham, Texas Bonham is a town/city in Fannin County, Texas, United States.
The populace was 10,127 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Fannin County. James Bonham (the city's namesake) sought the aid of James Fannin (the county's namesake) at the Battle of the Alamo.
Bonham is positioned slightly west of the center of Fannin County in northeastern Texas.
Route 82, a two-lane bypass, crosses the northern part of the city, dominant east 37 miles (60 km) to Paris and west 27 miles (43 km) to Sherman.
Texas State Highway 78 passes through the center of Bonham, dominant north 12 miles (19 km) to the Oklahoma border at the Red River and south 10 miles (16 km) to Bailey.
Texas State Highway 56, following an old routing of US 82, crosses Highway 78 in the center of Bonham, dominant east 6 miles (10 km) to Dodd City and west 6 miles to Ector.
Texas State Highway 121 leads southwest from Bonham 41 miles (66 km) to Mc - Kinney.
Enumeration Bureau, Bonham has a total region of 9.8 square miles (25.3 km2), all of it land. Bonham, one of the earliest metros/cities in Texas, dates back to 1837 when Bailey Inglish assembled a two-story blockhouse titled Fort Inglish.
In 1843, the Congress of the Republic of Texas assigned the name "Bloomington" to the city, but finally retitled it "Bonham", with respect to James Butler Bonham, a hero and defender of the Alamo.
On February 2, 1848, Bonham was incorporated as a city.
A 1936 statue of Bonham by Texas sculptor Allie Tennant graces the courthouse grounds. After the connection to the Texas and Pacific Railway the town/city began to grow, and in 1885 there were six churches, three colleges, two enhance schools, three weekly newspapers, a saw mill, two grain mills, a power plant, and about 2,300 inhabitants.
During the Second World War, there was a training camp and an aviation school for the United States Army Air Forces in the vicinity of Bonham, as well as a prisoner-of-war camp for captured German soldiers.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21% under the age of 19, 9% from 20 to 24, 31% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $27,277, and the median income for a family was $35,721.
The town/city is served by the Bonham Independent School District.
The city's high school is Bonham High School.
In addition, Grayson County College serves Bonham.
It once directed a branch ground in Bonham, its only ground outside its namesake county; however, Grayson College ceased operations in Bonham after 2012 due to small enrollment numbers. Also Texas A&M University-Commerce, a primary university of over 12,000 students is positioned in the neighboring town/city of Commerce, just 35 minutes southeast of Bonham.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bonham has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. City of Bonham official website a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bonham city, Texas".
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Climate Summary for Bonham, Texas City of Bonham official website Municipalities and communities of Fannin County, Texas, United States County seats of Texas
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Cities in Texas - Fannin County, Texas - County seats in Texas - Micropolitan areas of Texas - Populated places established in 1837 - 1837 establishments in the Republic of Texas
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