Pearsall, Texas Pearsall, Texas Location of Pearsall, Texas Location of Pearsall, Texas Pearsall (/ p rs l/ pierce-all) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Frio County, Texas, United States. The populace was 9,146 at the 2010 census, up from 7,157 at the 2000 census.
Pearsall is positioned near the center of Frio County at 28 53 29 N 99 5 42 W (28.891458, -99.094873). Interstate 35 bypasses the town/city on the west side, with access from Exits 99, 101, and 104.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Pearsall has a total region of 5.9 square miles (15.4 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.27%, is water. In 2003, Pearsall took in the unincorporated neighborhood of West Pearsall, increasing the populace of the town by about 350 citizens . Northwest of Pearsall is the ghost town of "Frio Town", the site of a 1958 episode, "Friotown", of the ABC/Warner Brothers tv series Texas John Slaughter, with Tom Tryon in the title part .
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Pearsall has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, 7,157 citizens reside in Pearsall with 2,201 homeholds, and 1,688 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $21,602, and the median income for a family was $23,470.
The United States Postal Service operates the Pearsall Post Office. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates the South Texas Detention Facility in an unincorporated region in Frio County near Pearsall. Pearsall Independent School District has four schools - Ted Flores Elementary, Pearsall Intermediate, Pearsall Junior High, and Pearsall High School.
George Strait, nation music singer, born in Poteet, Texas, but raised in Pearsall Brad Wright, head football coach at Texas State University-San Marcos from 2007 to 2010, born in Pearsall in 1959 First Baptist Church of Pearsall positioned at Walnut and San Marcos streets United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pearsall city, Texas".
Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol.
Climate Summary for Pearsall, Texas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"South Texas Detention Facility." City of Pearsall official website Lone - Star Internet: Pearsall, Texas, very brief history Handbook of Texas Online: Pearsall, Texas Municipalities and communities of Frio County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Frio County, Texas - Cities in Texas - County seats in Texas
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