Aspermont, Texas
| Aspermont, Texas | |
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A row of buildings south of the Stonewall County Courthouse in Aspermont, Texas.
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| Coordinates: 33°8′21″N 100°13′42″W / 33.13917°N 100.22833°WCoordinates: 33°8′21″N 100°13′42″W / 33.13917°N 100.22833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Stonewall |
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| • Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,781 ft (543 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 919 |
| • Density | 440/sq mi (170/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 79502 |
| Area code(s) | 940 |
| FIPS code | 48-04408 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1372350 |
Aspermont is a town in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the county seat of Stonewall County. The population was 919 at the 2010 census.
The town was established in 1889. Aspermont means "rough mountain" in Latin, and is probably a reference to the nearby Double Mountains. The city was founded by A. L. Rhomberg of Swiss-Austrian descent, who might have been a descendant of the noble family Aspermont from Graubünden, which is known to have relocated to Dornbirn in the Austrian part of the Rhine valley and changed the name to Rhomberg. Marshall Formby, later a Texas state senator, operated the Aspermont Star weekly newspaper in the middle 1930s. The paper is now known as the Stonewall County Courier.
Stonewall County Courthouse in Aspermont
Downtown Aspermont
First Baptist Church of Aspermont
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,021 people, 418 households, and 282 families residing in the town. The population density was 493.2 people per square mile (190.4/km²). There were 507 housing units at an average density of 244.9 per square mile (94.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 85.99% White, 4.31% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 7.25% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.12% of the population.
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