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- There are no hotels in Quinlan |
- There are no hotels in Quinlan. Teenagers living in Quinlan once refered to it as a 'Black Hole' (in other words, impossible to leave once you lived there). |
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- Supposedly, [[Greenville, TX]] [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band Bludy Merdur wrote a song called "Baitshop Girls" which is an ode to teenage promiscuity and was originally titled "Quinlan Girls", although there is no information on the internet about this band or the song. |
- Supposedly, [[Greenville, TX]] [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band Bludy Merdur wrote a song called "Baitshop Girls" which is an ode to teenage promiscuity and was originally titled "Quinlan Girls", although there is no information on the internet about this band or the song. |
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Revision as of 21:21, 13 April 2009
Quinlan, Texas | |
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 Location of Quinlan, Texas | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Hunt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| • Land | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,370 |
| • Density | 1,098.0/sq mi (423.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 75474 |
| Area code | 903 |
| FIPS code | 48-60140Template:GR |
| GNIS feature ID | 1344664Template:GR |
Quinlan is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,370 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Quinlan is located at 32°54′32″N 96°7′58″W / 32.90889°N 96.13278°WInvalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (32.908859, -96.132742)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 1,370 people, 558 households, and 364 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,098.0 people per square mile (423.2/km²). There were 617 housing units at an average density of 494.5/sq mi (190.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.04% White, 0.66% African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 2.34% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.18% of the population.
There were 558 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,472, and the median income for a family was $36,635. Males had a median income of $34,688 versus $21,190 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,122. About 8.3% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
Recent Growth
Quinlan has seen tremendous growth in the past 2 years. Expansion of State Highway 276 and the building of a Wal-Mart Supercenter have ignited a building boom. Several new businesses have been built, including: Wal-Mart Supercenter, AutoZone, McDonald's, O'Reilly Auto Parts, NAPA Auto Parts, Taco Mayo, Video Giant, Domino's pizza' with several more to come. A new 1,311+ house subdivision has been proposed, approved by the city council and annexed into the city limits.
Education
The City of Quinlan is served by the Quinlan Independent School District and the Boles Independent School District. Quinlan ISD is a 3A school (about 2800 students), with recognized to acceptable TAKS test results (2006 data). Boles ISD is a 1A school with around 500 students, with recognized to exemplary TAKS results (2006 data). Quinlan ISD's sport teams are generally the Quinlan Panthers (boys sports) or the Lady Panthers (for girls sports). Boles ISD's sport teams are the Hornets and Lady Hornets. In the year 2007 the Boles Varsity football team broke records and went 10-0 for the first time in school history being ranked number 5 in state. Quinlan ISD is headed by Supt. Micheal French. Boles ISD is headed by Supt. Dr. Graham Sweeney.
Water
Quinlan is just 2 miles (3.2 km) from Lake Tawakoni. Lake Tawakoni is approximately 45,000 acres (180 km2) and is the major water source for Quinlan. Water services provided by Cash Special Utility District.
Power
Quinlan is provided power by Farmers Electric Cooperative & TXU Electric Delivery.
History
Quinlan is on State Highway 34 four miles (6 km) west of Lake Tawakoni and twelve miles (19 km) south of Greenville in south central Hunt County. The site was first known as Roberts, after Texas governor O. M. Roberts,qv who on October 26, 1882, sold 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land in southern Hunt County to the Texas Central Railroad. This land, "situated between the South and Caddo forks on the Sabine River," served as the location of the new town of Roberts, to which the Northeastern Branch of the Texas Central built. The line was reorganized as the Texas Midland Railroad in 1886 by Hetty Green,qv a bondholder in the defunct railroad, and the new road extended its track northward from Roberts through Greenville to Paris by 1894. In 1892 Edward H. R. Green,qv Hetty Green's son and president of the Texas Midland, abandoned Roberts as a depot and established a new depot town, Quinlan, 1½ miles north of the older community. The new community took its name from George Austin Quinlan, vice president and general manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway.
Settlers moved quickly into Quinlan. Some of the earliest, including John M. Cook and R. K. Epperson, moved their businesses from Roberts. The settlement received a post office in 1894, and by 1900 its population had reached 362. This growth, no doubt induced by the presence of the railroad, continued through the first quarter of the twentieth century. In 1904 463 persons lived in Quinlan. The number rose to 537 by 1910 and 600 by 1914, when Quinlan had twenty businesses, including a bank and a weekly newspaper. In 1925 this "retail trade center for southern Hunt, northern Kaufman and Van Zandt counties" had an elementary school, a high school, and thirty-five businesses and managed a cotton harvest of some 5,000 bales. In 1933 Quinlan had 512 residents and thirty businesses; in 1952 the population of 599 supported twenty-five businesses; in 1964 the community had 621 persons and twenty-two businesses. After the mid-1960s Quinlan grew considerably, largely due to its proximity to Lake Tawakoni. It had a population of 900 in 1976 and 1,002 in 1988, when it had fifty-one businesses. In 1990 the population was 1,360.[1]
Trivia
- There are no hotels in Quinlan. Teenagers living in Quinlan once refered to it as a 'Black Hole' (in other words, impossible to leave once you lived there).
- Supposedly, Greenville, TX heavy metal band Bludy Merdur wrote a song called "Baitshop Girls" which is an ode to teenage promiscuity and was originally titled "Quinlan Girls", although there is no information on the internet about this band or the song.
References
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/QQ/hjq2.html (accessed September 12, 2006).
External links
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |