Clute, Texas City of Clute Clute is a town/city in Brazoria County, Texas inside the Houston Sugar Land Baytown urbane area.
Census, the town/city population was 11,211.
The town/city gained some fame with the discernment of a fossilized mammoth titled Asiel.
Clute is positioned at 29 1 34 N 95 23 40 W (29.026060, -95.394539). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.6 square miles (15 km2), of which, 5.3 square miles (14 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (5.14%) is water.
Clute's history began at the junction of the old Calvit and Eagle Island Plantations. Alexander Calvit, one of Stephen F.
Austin's Old Three Hundred, obtained title to the territory in 1824. Eagle Island Plantation belonged to Jared Groce, the richest man in Austin's Colony. Calvit's plantation later became the Herndon sugar plantation, owned by John H.
Clute, and a several relatives including George and John Clute, established a improve near the plantation site. In 1881, the name Clute was adopted when both plantations were bought by Solomon J.
Clute. George was described as, "a little Yankee from New York with a long, white beard." The other framers of Clute have also been described as northernors. The Clutes acquired additional territory from Herndon, who put it up for auction in the 1870s. A deed dated March 17, 1886, transferred ownership from Soloman Clute to George Clute for property known as Clute's Place. Soloman administered the improve until 1888 or 1889, when it was sold.
In 1933 Clute had only two businesses and a populace of ten. By 1937 the town had a school for white kids with two teachers and two schools for black kids with one teacher each. In the early 1940s, Clute began to prosper with the advent of Dow Chemical and a several large assembly companies moving into Southern Brazoria County. A postal service was established by 1943, and a new undertaking school was assembled in the 1950s.
In 1950 Clute had a populace of 700 and thirty-six businesses; in 1954 the inhabitants numbered 3,200 and the businesses forty-five. Clute was incorporated in May 1952 under the name Clute City, with a commission form of government; in 1955 the town changed its name back to Clute and adopted an alderman (city council) form of government. Brazoswood High School opened in Clute in 1969 with grades 9-11.
In November 2003, a mammoth was found buried in a sand pit in Clute by a backhoe operator for Vernor Material & Equipment Co.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 13.5% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,622, and the median income for a family was $34,638.
About 16.0% of families and 18.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.
The enhance schools in the town/city are directed by the Brazosport Independent School District.
The Clute Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System.
Clute hosts "The Great Texas Mosquito Festival" every July.
"US Enumeration Bureau Population Finder: Baytown city, TX".
History of Clute a b c d e f g h i j Diana J.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Clute Municipalities and communities of Brazoria County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Brazoria County, Texas - Cities in Texas - Greater Houston
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