Quanah () is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,279, down from 2,641 at the 2010 census.
Quanah is northwest of Fort Worth and south of the Red River, which forms the Oklahoma-Texas state line. Copper Breaks State Park is south of the city.
History Quanah was organized in 1884 as a stop on what was then the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. The city was named for Quanah Parker, the last principal chief of the Comanche Nation.
The county seat of Hardeman County was moved from Margaret to Quanah in 1890 after an acrimonious battle that contributed to the splitting off of the southern section of Hardeman County as Foard County.Bill Neal, The Last Frontier: A History of Hardeman County. Austin: Eakin Press, 1996, p. 50
Geography Quanah is at the geographic center of Hardeman County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 287 (11th Street) and Texas State Highway 6 (Main Street). US 287 leads southeast to Vernon and northwest to Childress. Highway 6 leads south to Crowell and north to the Oklahoma border at the Red River. Altus, Oklahoma, is northeast of Quanah via Oklahoma Highway 6.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Quanah has a total area of , all land.
Climate
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Quanah had a population of 2,279. The median age was 42.0 years; 22.8% of residents were under 18 and 22.2% were 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males, and for every 100 females 18 and over, there were 86.6 males 18 and over.
None of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
Of the 971 households in Quanah, 30.3% had children under 18 living in them, 41.4% were married-couple households, 21.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.
Of the 1,184 housing units, 18.0% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 12.9%.
+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census Race Number Percent White 1,750 76.8% Black or African American 114 5.0% American Indian and Alaska Native 12 0.5% Asian 18 0.8% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander 4 0.2% Some other race 169 7.4% Two or more races 212 9.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 532 23.3%
2010 census
As of the 2010 census, 2,642 people lived there, a decline of 390 from the 2000 census.
2000 census As of the 2000 census, 3,022 people, 1,255 households, and 823 families resided in the city. The population density was . The 1,485 housing units had an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 84.1% White, 5.0% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 8.2% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 16.5% of the population.
Of the 1,255 households, 29.2% had children under 18 living with them, 51.8% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were not families. About 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the city, the age distribution was 25.1% under 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 83.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,354 and for a family was $29,506. Males had a median income of $26,472 versus $18,403 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,841. About 16.6% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.8% of those under 18 and 16.4% of those 65 or over. Government Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has represented Quanah in the Texas House of Representatives since January 2013.
Education The city is served by the Quanah Independent School District and is home to the Quanah High School Indians.
Infrastructure Health care Quanah is home to a branch of the Helen J. Farabee Counseling Centers.
Notable people
Judy Buenoano, serial killer executed in Florida's electric chair Bill Evans, awarded a Bronze Star and Silver Star for valor in World War II, professional baseball player in late 1940s and 1950s John Gilliland, radio broadcaster Edward Givens, astronaut Welborn Griffith, American officer who served during World War II and who was instrumental in saving France's Chartres Cathedral during the battle of Chartres Fred C. Koch, chemical engineer and founder of Koch Industries Bill Neal, non-fiction writer Juli Reding, actress Clay Reynolds, author and essayist David Gray Ross, Maryland House of Delegates and judge with the Prince George's County Circuit Court
References
External links
City of Quanah official website