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Lake Jackson is a city in Brazoria County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of a 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city population was 27,614. Lake Jackson is named after an oxbow lake of the same name on the outskirts of town. The lake in turn was named after the family whose antebellum plantation house sat alongside the lake; only very minor ruins of the Lake Jackson Plantation can now be seen in a park at the site. The city is the birthplace of famous Tejano superstar, Selena, rock musician Casey McPherson, and hometown of country music singers Cole Deggs and Shade Deggs of the group Cole Deggs & The Lonesome. The city has also long been the hometown of Ron Paul, the Congressman who represents Texas' 14th Congressional District [1].
[edit] GeographyLake Jackson is located at 29°2′13″N 95°26′18″W / 29.03694°N 95.43833°W (29.036837, -95.438339)[3]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.8 square miles (51.3 km²), of which, 19.0 square miles (49.3 km²) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²) of it (3.84%) is water. [edit] DemographicsAs of the census[1] of 2000, there were 26,386 people, 9,588 households, and 7,344 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,386.0 people per square mile (535.1/km²). There were 10,475 housing units at an average density of 550.2/sq mi (212.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.24% White, 3.88% African American, 0.39% Native American, 2.50% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 5.19% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.70% of the population. There were 9,588 households out of which 42.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. Twenty percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18. In the city, the population was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $60,901, and the median income for a family was $69,053. Males had a median income of $60,143 versus $30,398 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,877. About 5.4% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over. [edit] HistoryThe city was built in the early 1940s as a planned community in support of a new plant of the Dow Chemical Company. The City of Lake Jackson was incorporated March 14, 1944 and voted for home rule ten years later in 1954. [edit] StreetsThe official story is that the layout of the streets in Lake Jackson was the whimsical vision of Alden B. Dow, the city’s original planner. In order to keep Lake Jackson from simply being another boring company town, Dow designed an unusual plan for the streets:
[edit] Government[edit] Federal, state, and county representationLake Jackson, within the Texas's 14th congressional district, is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Ron Paul as of 2008. [edit] EducationThe public schools in the city are operated by Brazosport Independent School District. K-5 elementary schools within Lake Jackson include:
Residents are zoned to:
Brazosport College is a public community college which was recently upgraded to offer a baccalaureate degree in certain technical fields. It is also distinguished for its professional music hall, The Clarion. Brazosport College's Music Department has been able to bring many successful music artists to Lake Jackson, including Rita Coolidge and John Pizarelli. The private schools within Lake Jackson include: The Lake Jackson Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System. [edit] TransportationBrazoria County Airport serves Lake Jackson. [edit] Churches and places of worshipThe 1st Baptist Church has a male voice quartet, The Staff Quartet, with an international reputation. For example, their October 2009 tour of Bulgaria includes a free evening concert of Southern Gospel Music at the Baptist Church in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England on the way home.[4] St Mark's Lutheran Church is another of the city's churches. [edit] References
the "Staff Quartet" does not have a world wide reputation. They traveled over seas one time and put on a small amount of concerts. [edit] External links
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