Quanah, Texas Quanah, Texas Hardeman County Courthouse in 2006 Hardeman County Courthouse in 2006 Location of Quanah, Texas Location of Quanah, Texas Hardeman County Quanah.svg State Texas County Hardeman Quanah / kw n / is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Hardeman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town/city population was 3,022.
Quanah is 192 miles (309 km) northwest of Fort Worth, and 8 miles (13 km) south of the Red River, which forms the Oklahoma-Texas state line.
South of the town/city is Copper Breaks State Park.
Quanah was organized in 1884 as a stop on the Fort Worth and Denver Railway.
The town/city is titled for Quanah Parker, the last Comanche chief.
The governmental center of county of Hardeman County was moved from Margaret to Quanah in 1890 after an acrimonious battle that contributed to the splitting off of the southern section of Hardeman County as Foard County. The courthouse, constructed in 1908, anchors what is now the historic downtown district.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), all of it land. Climate data for Quanah, Texas Map of Quanah from (1890) Quanah (circa 1920-1932) Quanah's commercial precinct is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Quanah Parker Monument at Hardeman County Courthouse As of the census of 2000, there were 3,022 citizens , 1,255 homeholds, and 823 families residing in the city.
Now in 2010 the United States Enumeration as said there are 2,642 citizens a drop in populace of 390 citizens .
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 2016, Quanah became the third most obese town/city in Texas.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,354, and the median income for a family was $29,506.
About 16.6% of families and 20.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.8% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.
Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has represented Quanah in the Texas House of Representatives since January 2013. The town/city is served by the Quanah Independent School District and is home to the Quanah High School Indians.
Quanah is home to a branch of the Helen J.
Bill Neal, The Last Frontier: A History of Hardeman County.
Historical marker, Hardeman County Courthouse, Quanah, Texas United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Quanah, Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"State Rep.
"Quanah, Texas".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Quanah.
City of Quanah Quanah Independent School District Municipalities and communities of Hardeman County, Texas, United States State of Texas County seats of Texas
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