Hallettsville, Texas Hallettsville, Texas Location of Hallettsville, Texas Location of Hallettsville, Texas State Texas Hallettsville is a town/city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
Hallettsville is titled for an early beginning family that colonized this area. John Hallett had received a territory grant from Stephen F.
A several of the early pioneer of the Hallettsville region include Collatinus Ballard, M.
Hallettsville is positioned at 29 26 43 N 96 56 27 W (29.445398, -96.940734). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all of it land.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,089, and the median income for a family was $38,080.
About 16.4% of families and 17.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.
The town is home to the Texas Championship Domino Hall of Fame and also hosts a dominoes tournament every year in January.
The Friench Simpson Memorial Library has served the inhabitants of Hallettsville as well as Lavaca County for over 70 years.
Public education in the town/city of Hallettsville is provided by the Hallettsville Independent School District.
He played collegiately for Texas Southern, and went to the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs in 1965.
Although the actual town involved in the real story of the "Chicken Ranch" is positioned a several miles north of Hallettsville on Highway 77, film manufacturers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the town/city scenes in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
Hallettsville is also the featured locale in the 2009 horror film titled Hallettsville, which stars Gary Busey and Derek Lee Nixon.
Once called Hallettsville the "13 City" because in 1913 it had 13 letters in the name, a populace of 1300, 13 churches, 13 newspapers, and even 13 saloons. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Hallettsville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Mary Ramsey, "HALLETTSVILLE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online , accessed October 19, 2012.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
"Profile for Hallettsville, Texas, TX".
Mary Ramsey, "HALLETTSVILLE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online , accessed June 08, 2012.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Texas Championship Domino Hall of Fame".
Climate Summary for Hallettsville, Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hallettsville, Texas.
Official Website of the City of Hallettsville Texas State Historical Association e - Podunk: Profile for Hallettsville, Texas Municipalities and communities of Lavaca County, Texas, United States State of Texas County seats of Texas
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