Sinton, Texas Sinton, Texas Location of Sinton, Texas Location of Sinton, Texas David Sinton, after whom Sinton is titled Sinton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of San Patricio County, Texas, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km ), all land.
Sinton has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa as stated to the Koppen climate classification system. In the city, the populace was distributed as 30.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 22.4% of families and 28.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 38.3% of those under age 18 and 21.8% of those age 65 or over.
Sinton was established in 1855 as a station on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad and became the governmental center of county of San Patricio.
The City of Sinton is served by the Sinton Independent School District.
From 1948 to 1958, Sinton was the home to the Plymouth Oilers, a semiprofessional baseball team sponsored by Plymouth Oil Company, which had extensive drilling operations on the Welder Ranch, north of the city.
By 1950, the Oilers were playing a 46-game schedule, going 33-13 and placing fourth in the National Baseball Congress national, semipro tournament.
In 1951, the Oilers returned to the nationwide championship after winning the state title in Oiler Park before a record crowd of 2,304.
At the nationwide tournament in Wichita against the Camp Pickett (Virginia) Red Wings, Oiler pitcher Mike Blyzka turned in a no-hit, no-run game (5 0), the second in tournament history.
The Oilers then defeated Atwater (California) 3 0 to win the nationwide championship, the first Texas team to do so, They returned to nationals in '52, '54, '55, '56, and '57, placing second in '55.
In '57, the National Baseball Congress declared Sinton, Texas, the premier town/city in the nation, per capita, for promoting semipro baseball for nearly a decade.
Sinton High School has established itself as one of the premier athletic programs in Class 3 - A, securing state championships in both baseball and basketball.
The Pirate basketball team won the Class 3 - A State Championship in 1996.
In the 2001 football season, Sinton rather than their best season in school history, 14-1, with a close loss to Everman (25-14) in the 3 - A Division I State Championship game played at Kyle Field.
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