Rockdale, Texas Rockdale, Texas Rockdale City Hall is positioned off U.S.
Rockdale City Hall is positioned off U.S.
Location of Rockdale, Texas Location of Rockdale, Texas Website City of Rockdale, Texas 79 is the chief street of Rockdale.
Rockdale Police Department; Chief Thomas Harris (2011) Rockdale is a town/city in Milam County, Texas, United States.
Rockdale is positioned at 30 39 17 N 97 0 27 W (30.654674, -97.007439). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), all land.
According to the Koppen climate classification system, Rockdale has a humid subtropical climate, "Cfa" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,612, and the median income for a family was $39,491.
Rockdale was the site of a large Alcoa smelting operation, which could produce 1.67 million pounds of aluminum per day. The ALCOA plant profoundly changed the city, as noted in a Saturday Evening Post article by Rockdale native George Sessions Perry - inside a several years of its arrival in 1952, Rockdale almost doubled in population, changing in character from a dominantly agricultural economy to one heavily driven by manufacturing jobs.
The City of Rockdale is served by the Rockdale Independent School District.
Rockdale Reporter Author George Sessions Perry was born in Rockdale on May 5, 1910, and lived much of his life there.
Ron Hubbard, was a Rockdale native.
He was a long-term Rockdale resident.
Kubiak, is a veterinarian in Austin and a Rockdale resident who from 1983 to 1991 held the same House seat as his brother. Former NFL linebacker Stan Blinka played for and graduated from Rockdale High School.
Former All-Pro NFL linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, who played on the legendary Green Bay Packers squads of the 1960s, was born in Rockdale and retired there after his experienced career.
Blues guitarist Pee Wee Crayton was born in Rockdale.
Texas A&M Director of Football Sports Performance Larry Jackson, who was a member of the Wrecking Crew from 1991-1994, is from Rockdale.
NASA astronaut Kenneth Cockrell graduated from Rockdale High School in 1968.
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Climate Summary for Rockdale, Texas Alcoa - Rockdale Municipalities and communities of Milam County, Texas, United States
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