Refugio County, Texas

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Refugio County (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".)[1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,741.[2] Its county seat is Refugio.[3] The county originated as a municipality of Mexico in 1834 and was classified as a county in 1837.[4][5]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". (5.8%) are covered by water.[6]

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Demographics

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2020 census

Refugio County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[10] Pop 2010[11] Pop 2020[12] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 3,703 3,337 2,864 47.30% 45.20% 42.49%
Black or African American alone (NH) 521 445 400 6.66% 6.03% 5.93%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 27 25 18 0.34% 0.34% 0.27%
Asian alone (NH) 20 27 27 0.26% 0.37% 0.40%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 3 0 0 0.04% 0.00% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 11 9 12 0.14% 0.12% 0.18%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 53 53 114 0.68% 0.72% 1.69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,490 3,487 3,306 44.58% 47.23% 49.04%
Total 7,828 7,383 6,741 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,741 people, 2,566 households, and 1,730 families residing in the county.

As of the census[13] of 2000, 7,828 people, 2,985 households, and 2,176 families resided in the county. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The 3,669 housing units averaged Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the county was 80.22% White, 6.77% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 10.47% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were about 48.6% of the population.

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Refugio County Medical Center (2014)

Of the 2,985 households, 31.60% had children under 18 living with them, 55.10% were married couples living together, 12.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.10% were not families. About 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.59, and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county, the population was distributed as 26.10% under 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.60% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,986, and for a family was $36,162. Males had a median income of $29,667 versus $16,565 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,481. About 14.30% of families and 17.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.20% of those under age 18 and 16.30% of those age 65 or over.

Oil and gas

Commercial gas was first discovered near the town of Refugio in 1920.[14] Oil was first discovered near Refugio in 1928.[14] The Refugio oil and gas field had produced 32 million barrels and 271 billion cubic feet of gas by the end of 1937.[15] A major oil field was discovered at Greta in 1933.[14] The Greta oilfield's estimated cumulative recovery at abandonment are 152.5 million barrels of oil.[16] The largest oilfield in Refugio county, the Tom O'Connor oil field, was discovered in 1934.[17] The Tom O'Connor field's estimated cumulative oil recovery at abandonment is 802.8 million barrels of oil[16] and over 1 trillion cubic feet of gas.[17] Other notable oil and gas fields in Refugio county, at least partially, include Anaqua, Bonnie View, Fagan, Huff, La Rosa, Mary Ellen O'Connor, and McFaddin oil and gas fields.[18]

The Quintana Tom O'Connor No. 1-A discovery well's location was based on a gravity survey and a trend of other fields in the southwest and northeast between the Vicksburg Fault Zone and the Frio Fault Zone.[17] The field is a structural trap formed by an anticline on the downthrown side of the Vicksburg Fault Zone.[19] The faulting is due to "large-scale gravity slumping",[19] and these types of faults are referred to as growth faults, which are normal faults that occur simultaneously with sedimentation.[20] Most of the oil and half the gas is produced at depths between 4500 and 6000 feet, from 15 oil reservoirs and 4 gas reservoirs in the Oligocene Frio Formation sandstones deposited during Marine regression, notably the "5900-foot sand", the "5800-foot sand", the "5500-foot sand" and the "5200-foot sand".[21] Gas with some oil is found above these sandstones in the Oligocene Anahuac Formation, deposited in a Marine transgression, notably the "4400-foot Greta sand".[22] Dry gas is found in the Miocene-Pliocene Fleming sandstones deposited during marine regression, notably the "L-4 sand, which is overlain by 1400 feet of Pleistocene Lissie sandstones.[23]

The last major oil field discovered in Refugio county was the Lake Pasture oil field, discovered in 1953, with an estimated cumulative recovery at abandonment of 104 million barrels of oil.[16]

Healthcare

Medical care is provided to the citizens of Refugio County through a county hospital, several rural health clinics, a wellness clinic, and a specialty clinic. Refugio County Medical Center opened in 1940 due to a surge in the population, and underwent expansions in 1962 and 2009. The hospital was run by religious orders until the 1970s, when Refugio County assumed operations. A hospital district was established in 1977.[24][25]

Communities

Cities

Towns

Census-designated place

Ghost towns

Notable residents

Nicholas Fagan - early Refugio county pioneer and active participant in the Texas revolution

James Power - impresario and early settler of Refugio county

Thomas O'Connor - active participant in the Texas revolution and later largest land and cattle owner in the state of Texas

Politics

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Education

School districts include:[26]

The portions of the county not in Woodsboro ISD are in the service area of Victoria College. since 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the Texas Education Code does not specify a community college service area for the Woodsboro ISD portion.[27]

See also

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References

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