Ransom Canyon, Texas
Ransom Canyon | ||
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ZIP code 79364, 79366 | ||
Area code | 806 | |
FIPS code | 48-60672 | |
Website | www |
Ransom Canyon is a
.Geography
The town of Ransom Canyon is located within
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), of which 0.77 square miles (2.0 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 16.38%, is water.[4]
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Lake Ransom Canyon
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Gust-front dust cloud moving across the Llano Estacado toward Ransom Canyon
Climate
According to the
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1980 | 561 | — | |
1990 | 750 | 33.7% | |
2000 | 1,011 | 34.8% | |
2010 | 1,096 | 8.4% | |
2019 (est.) | 1,124 | [3] | 2.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] |
2020 census
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (NH)
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956 | 80.4% |
Black or African American (NH)
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18 | 1.51% |
Alaska Native (NH)
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1 | 0.08% |
Asian (NH) | 6 | 0.5% |
Some Other Race (NH) | 1 | 0.08% |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 52 | 4.37% |
Hispanic or Latino | 155 | 13.04% |
Total | 1,189 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,189 people, 400 households, and 309 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the
There were 404 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.0% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.1% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 36.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $78,427, and the median income for a family was $85,944. Males had a median income of $50,000 versus $34,500 for females. The
Education
Ransom Canyon is served by the Roosevelt and Slaton Independent School Districts.
Robert Bruno
Robert R. Bruno Jr. (1945–2008) was a sculptor and inventor who was born in Los Angeles in 1945, Robert grew up in Mexico and the United States before attending Dominican College in Racine, Wisconsin and graduate school at the University of Notre Dame. He moved to Lubbock in 1971 to teach art at Texas Tech University's school of architecture. He started working on The Steel House in 1973, two years after sculpting a similar piece of art, (now a permanent installation in front of the TTU School of Architecture) which inspired him to build something bigger to live in. Made of weathering steel and weighing 110 tons on four hollow legs, the 2,200 square foot house on three levels was completed 10 months before his death in 2008. In 1982, he and wife, Patricia Mills, founded P&R Surge Systems. Robert, General contractor, Rick Denser, Master Stone Mason, Manfred Kaiter and Venture Capitalist, Mark Lawson started work on Lawson's 460 ton Rock House in 1991, which was inspired by the work of
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The Lawson Rock House in Ransom Canyon
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Robert Bruno's Steel House overlooking the rim at Ransom Canyon
Popular culture
On June 25 and 26 of 2013, Ransom Canyon was the site of a
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Model Toni Garrn standing on top of Robert Bruno's steel house.
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Models Toni Garrn and brother Niklas Garrn strike a pose for Vogue.
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Model Raquel Zimmermann standing on the rim of Yellow House Canyon.
The Steel House was featured on an episode of Texas Country Reporter with Bob Phillips shortly before Bruno's death.
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ransom Canyon
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ransom Canyon town, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ Davis, Charles G. "Ransom Canyon, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Climate Summary for Ransom Canyon, Texas
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ^ https://www.census.gov/ [not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Lamster, Mark (January 30, 2015). "Unfinished". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
- ^ Bilton, Nick (August 16, 2013). "Trying to Make Google Glass Fashionable". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2014.