Mineral Wells, Texas Mineral Wells, Texas Downtown Mineral Wells, Texas Downtown Mineral Wells, Texas Location inside Palo Pinto County and Texas Location inside Palo Pinto County and Texas Mineral Wells is a town/city in Palo Pinto and Parker counties in the U.S.
The populace was 16,788 at the 2010 census (14,644 in Palo Pinto and 2144 in Parker).
The town/city is titled for mineral springs in the area, which were highly prominent in the early 1900s.
Mineral Wells is most famous for its Baker Hotel.
In 1919 Mineral Wells hosted the Spring Training Camp for the Chicago White Sox .
Mineral Wells also hosted spring training for the Cincinnati Reds and St.Louis Cardinals in the 1910s and early 1920s.
In 1952, Mineral Wells was the host of the Republican state convention in which delegates divided between presidential candidates Dwight D.
Also from Mineral Wells is Astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford, who graduated from Mineral Wells High School in 1962.
Mineral Wells is positioned at 32 48 31 N 98 6 7 W (32.808594, -98.101859). Mineral Wells lies east of the Brazos River and Palo Pinto Mountains.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.2 square miles (54.9 km ), of which, 20.5 square miles (53.0 km ) of it is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.9 km ) of it (3.45%) is water.
Mineral Wells is 50 miles (80 km) west of Fort Worth. There are 5,707 homeholds, of which 31.7% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.4% are classified as non-families by the United States Enumeration Bureau.
Of 5,707 homeholds, 373 are unmarried partner homeholds: 348 heterosexual, 18 same-sex male, and 7 same-sex female homeholds.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Climate data for Mineral Wells, Texas Historic postal service in Mineral Wells The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Mineral Wells District Parole Office in Mineral Wells. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) directed the Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility in the Fort Wolters Industrial Park on behalf of the TDCJ.
It closed in August 2013. The correctional facility, which had been directed by CCA since 1995, is positioned on the property of the former Fort Wolters in Palo Pinto County and in Mineral Wells.
As of March 2013 its annual payroll was $11.7 million and it was among the biggest employers in Mineral Wells, with about 300 employees.
On Monday March 4, 2013 the Texas Senate Senate Finance Committee voted 11-4 to close the correctional facility.
Mike Allen, the mayor of Mineral Wells, criticized the closure, saying "We'll lose right at over 300 jobs, and 300 jobs in a improve of 17,000 ...
The United States Postal Service operates the Mineral Wells Post Office.
Mineral Wells is served by the Mineral Wells Independent School District.
Graffito on Deutsche Weintor ("German Wine Gate") by Jere Gills from Mineral Wells Site of historic Famous Mineral Water Company United States Postal Service (2012).
"Lawmakers look to close private prison in Mineral Wells." "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Mineral Wells, Texas "Mineral Wells (T2)." "Post Office Location - MINERAL WELLS." City of Mineral Wells Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce Historic Mineral Wells materials Mineral Wells City Directories, 1909 and 1920 Historic Mineral Wells postcards and photographs Mineral Wells Guide Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas.
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