Blanco County, Texas

101 E Pecan Dr Po Box 65
Johnson City, TX 78636
Phone: (830) 868-7357
Fax: (830) 868-7788
www.co.blanco.tx.us

In south-central TX, west of Austin; organized Feb 12, 1858 from Gillespie and Comal counties. Name Origin: For the Blanco River, which runs through the south of the county; Spanish 'white'; origin uncertain

Area (sq mi):: 713.41 (land 711.24; water 2.16) Population per square mile: 12.80
Population 2005: 9,110 State rank: 171 Population change: 2000-20005 8.20%; 1990-2000 41.00% Population 2000: 8,418 (White 82.10%; Black or African American 0.70%; Hispanic or Latino 15.30%; Asian 0.20%; Other 8.10%). Foreign born: 5.00%. Median age: 41.20
Income 2000: per capita $19,721; median household $39,369; Population below poverty level: 11.20% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $25,302-$27,473
Unemployment (2004): 4.30% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.60% Median travel time to work: 31.40 minutes Working outside county of residence: 44.00%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

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Rangely is a CO2 flood located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, and operated by Chevron.

Titan Energy Closes USD 105m Sale of Rangely Field Stake

Strong was also vice-chairman of the Blanco County Historical Commission and coordinator of the Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration.

In memoriam

Before he became a successful business owner with his three brothers in Rio Blanco County, Brad Adee was a frequent out-of-state visitor, fly fisherman and elk hunter in northwestern Colorado.

Building economic resilience in hard-hit Rio Blanco County

The mean rank of Blanco County, TX, equals k = 5 ranks higher at 71; 2.2 percent of the posterior distribution of Harris County overlaps with the posterior distribution of Blanco County.

Modeling area-level health rankings

SJWTX said that it now has a total of over 10,000 service connections serving approximately 40,000 people in Comal county and the southern part of Blanco county.

SJW acquires Bexar Metropolitan Water District water systems in Comal county

Once completed, the 42-inch pipeline will extend almost 1,700 miles, from Rio Blanco County, CO, to Monroe County, OH.

Michels completes crucial water crossings on Rex Pipeline project

Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD), a US-based company that provides various services including transportation and marketing services to the natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil industry, has announced commencement of operations at the Central Treating Facility (CTF) in Rio Blanco County, of Colorado, US.

Enterprise Products Partners Commences Operations at Central Treating Facility

Deer hunting is a way of life for those of us born and raised in Blanco County. I well remember when opening day was November 16, and "bucks only" were the venue.

The Wild Side hits home for readers

The acreage covered by the agreement is contiguous to Williams' existing 17,500 net acres of leasehold and 48 producing wells in the Ryan Gulch area of the Piceance Basin Highlands in Rio Blanco County.

Williams Completes Purchase of Interests in Colorado Natural Gas Reserve

No Graptemys caglei were observed in or upstream of Lake Blanco (Blanco County).

Distribution of Cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) in the Blanco and San Marcos rivers