Canyon, Texas Canyon, Texas Historic train depot in Canyon Historic train depot in Canyon Official logo of Canyon, Texas Nickname(s): Gateway to Palo Duro Canyon Location in the state of Texas Location in the state of Texas State Texas Canyon is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Randall County, Texas, United States.
It is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Canyon is the home of West Texas A&M University and Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, and the world-famous outside musical drama Texas.
Canyon was established by L.G.
Conner. East of Canyon is the JA Ranch, established in 1877 by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair and still under the ownership of the Adair heirs.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Canyon has a total region of 4.9 square miles (13 km2), all land.
The town/city itself lies in a valley that eventually becomes Palo Duro Canyon to the east.
Climate data for Canyon, Texas (1981 2010) Randall County Courthouse in downtown Canyon, Texas.
At the 2010 census, there were 13,303 citizens , 5,185 homeholds and 2,924 families residing in the city.
There were 5,185 homeholds of which 27.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.6% were non-families.
31.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.99.
21.4% of the populace were under the age of 18, 18.6% from 20 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median homehold income was $32,361 and the median family income was $46,250.
About 8.1% of families and 14.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Canyon High School Public education in Canyon is served by the Canyon Independent School District and home to the Canyon High School Eagles.
Evetts Haley, historian of the American West, lived in Canyon and later Midland Grady Hazlewood, Texas state senator 1941 1971 and the father of the farm-to-market road system, was reared on a farm near Canyon.
Georgia O'Keeffe, artist, lived first in Amarillo (1912 1914) and then Canyon (1916 1918), having been inspired by the natural beauty of the Palo Duro country.
Senate candidate in 1958; died in Canyon in 1980 Palo Duro Canyon State Park is twelve miles east of Canyon.
"Canyon History".
Canyon Chamber of Commerce.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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