Breckenridge, Texas
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Breckenridge is a city in Stephens County
Stephens County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,674 people, 3,661 households, and 2,591 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 4,893 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States. The population was 5,868 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat
County seat
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 of Stephens County
Stephens County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,674 people, 3,661 households, and 2,591 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 4,893 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

. The mayor is Jim McKay.

Texas State Representative
Texas House of Representatives
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 Carl Isett
Carl Isett
Carl Hawkins Isett is a Certified Public Accountant from Lubbock, Texas, and a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. First elected in 1996, Isett announced on December 18, 2009, that he would not be a candidate for an eighth two-year term in the Republican primary held...

 of Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

 (District 84) was born in Breckenridge in 1957.

April 2008 tornado

At approximately 5:20 PM local time on April 9, 2008, three tornadoes, including a pair of "sisters", were confirmed to have hit at least a portion of the town http://cbs11tv.com/weathernewsstories/severe.weather.preparations.2.696015.html. Fifteen citizens were reported injured within the city limits. Five buildings were destroyed, including the airport, which was a former Air Force training facility.

Geography

Breckenridge is located at 32°45′24"N 98°54′20"W (32.756793, -98.905580).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (10.8 km²), of which, 4.2 square miles (10.7 km²) of it is land and 0.24% is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 5,868 people, 2,274 households, and 1,546 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,412.8 people per square mile (545.9/km²). There were 2,776 housing units at an average density of 668.4 per square mile (258.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.88% White, .01% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 11.28% from other races
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, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.64% of the population.

There were 2,274 households out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,697, and the median income for a family was $35,164. Males had a median income of $25,923 versus $20,467 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $14,014. About 16.9% of families and 19.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.9% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The City of Breckenridge is served by the Breckenridge Independent School District
Breckenridge Independent School District
Breckenridge Independent School District is a public school district based in Breckenridge, Texas .In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.-Schools:*Breckenridge High School...

.

Breckenridge High School's mascot is a Buckaroo (a cowboy riding a bucking horse). The Junior High School's mascot is a Bronco.
The Breckenridge High School football team of 1958 was voted the Ft. Worth Star Telegram team of the century. The Buckaroos have appeared in six Class 3A State Football Championships, winning four times in 1951, 1952, 1954, and 1958 with ties in 1929 and 1959. Breckenridge High School has also produced girls tennis state champions, girls golf state champions, FFA and 4-H state and national champions, and academic state champions over the past decade.

Breckenridge is also the home of a West Texas campus of the Texas State Technical College System
Texas State Technical College System
Texas State Technical College System is a system of two-year technical schools in Texas. It is the only state-operated system of two-year colleges in Texas....

. Environmental Science Technology, Construction Management Technology, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Digital Imaging and Design, Software and Business Accounting, Associate Degree Nursing, Chemical Dependency Counseling, and Health Information Technology are some of the courses offered at the Breckenridge TSTC campus.

History

Breckenridge was a major oil producer in the early 1920s. The population jumped from a thousand to fifty thousand in under five years.

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