Sudan, Texas
| Sudan, Texas | |
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Grain elevator in Sudan
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 Sudan
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| Coordinates: 34°04′04″N 102°31′28″W / 34.06778°N 102.52444°WCoordinates: 34°04′04″N 102°31′28″W / 34.06778°N 102.52444°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Texas
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| County | Lamb |
| Region | Llano Estacado |
| Established | 1918 |
| Elevation | 3,757 ft (1,145 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,039 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 79371 |
| Area code | 806 |
| Website | Handbook of Texas: Sudan |
Sudan is a city in Lamb County of West Texas, United States. The population was 1,039 at the 2000 census.
According to The Handbook of Texas, the area where the town is now located was once on land granted to the county in 1892 by the 77 Ranch, owned by S.B. Wilson and Wilson Furneaux. The town developed in 1917-18 with a hotel and service from the Santa Fe railroad, which had built a branch line from Lubbock, Texas to Texico, New Mexico, in 1913. The land company manager and first postmaster, P.E. Boesen, suggested the town's name in 1918. A gin was built in 1922 and a bank established a year later. The town was incorporated in 1925, when the population was 600, up from a population of only fifteen in 1920. The first of several grain elevators was also erected in 1925 and the Sudan News began publication. The population was 1,014 in 1930, 1,336 in 1950, 976 in 1970, and 1,091 in 1980. In 1990 it was 983. The population reached 1,039 in 2000.
Sudan is located at 34°04′04″N 102°31′28″W / 34.06778°N 102.52444°W (34.0678644 -102.5243624).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,039 people, 410 households, and 293 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,145.3 people per square mile (440.8/km²). There were 460 housing units at an average density of 507.1 per square mile (195.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.11% White, 5.39% African American, 0.19% Native American, 18.86% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.93% of the population.
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