Hearne, Texas Hearne, Texas Hearne Railroad Depot Museum (2011) Hearne Railroad Depot Museum (2011) Location of Hearne inside Texas Location of Hearne inside Texas Hearne (/h rn/ hurn) is a town/city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.

The town/city is titled for a family that settled in the region in the 19th century and promoted the assembly of rail lines through the city.

Hearne is positioned on territory that initially belonged to politician and soldier Jose Francisco Ruiz.

The Hearne family moved to the region in the 1850s, purchasing 10,000 acres and operating cotton plantations.

Hearne wanted a barns line assembled through the area, but the Civil War started before the barns could be constructed.

With the assembly of a depot in Hearne in 1868, businesses began to open, including a hotel, saloons, churches and a cotton gin.

Two rail lines met in Hearne by the 1870s.

Hearne's populace was 2,129 in 1900 and 3,511 in 1940.

Agricultural and manufacturing businesses came to Hearne by the 1960s.

By 1990, over 5,000 citizens lived in Hearne; the populace was 4,690 in 2000. On New Years' Eve 1990, the Wal-Mart in Hearne closed.

After closure, the store was converted into the current Hearne High School. Merchants in downtown Hearne by that time had already closed their businesses because they were unable to compete with Wal-Mart. The New York Times reported that out of more than 1,500 Wal-Mart stores in the nation, the Hearne store was one of six that had closed. In November 2000, 15 black residents of Hearne, Texas, were indicted on drug charges after being arrested in a series of "drug sweeps".

The ACLU contended that 15 percent of Hearne's male African American populace aged 18 to 34 (and at least one woman) were arrested based on the "uncorroborated word of a single unreliable confidential informant coerced by police to make cases." In May 2014, protesters demonstrated against the shooting of a 93-year-old woman titled Pearlie Golden by the Hearne Police Department. After Officer Stephen Stem responded to a disturbance at Golden's residence, police officials said that Golden had discharged a firearm into the ground twice.

Stem was placed on leave and Hearne mayor Ruben Gomez recommended Stem's firing. He was terminated by a unanimous town/city council vote.

In June 2015, a TV station reported that the metros/cities of Calvert, Franklin, Hearne, and Lott, in a "Texas Triangle", were using their police departments to copy various speeding tickets to turn their municipal court into a "cash cow". Hearne is positioned at 30 52 41 N 96 35 44 W (30.877989, -96.595665). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.1 square miles (11 km2), all of it land.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Hearne has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Hearne was subject to heavy flooding on May 13, 2004 when 17 inches (430 mm) of precipitation fell in an hour.

Hearne is part of the Bryan-College Station urbane area.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 32.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

Hearne High School, an entity of the Hearne Independent School District, was a Texas Education Agency-recognized ground in 2008.

The Hearne Junior High School was a TEA-recognized ground in 2010 and Hearne Elementary School received the academically acceptable rating from TEA in 2010.

Jose Francisco Ruiz, the initial grantee of nine-leagues of territory that comprise Hearne, Texas.

Hearne City Hall First Star Bank is positioned in Hearne off Texas State Highway 6 south.

Hearne High School is situated in the former Wal-Mart building.

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