Cooper, Texas

Cooper is a city in and the county seat of Delta County, Texas. The population of the city is 1,969.
Cooper 	Texas
Incorporated 	1881
County 	Delta
Population 	1,969
Elevation 	482 ft (147 m)
Mayor 	Quinn Newman
City Guildmaster	Aaron Wolf
ZIP code 	75432
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
71.51% White (1,408)
16.76% Black or African American (330)
7.72% Hispanic or Latino (152)
4.01% Other (79)
30.6% (602) of Cooper residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Cooper has low to below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 3 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.86 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Delta County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Jim Chapman Lake and Cooper Lake State Park are located south of Cooper.
* Cooper is host to the annual Chiggerfest. The event, held every October, serves as a social gathering for the region. The two-day event begins with an open-air concert in Historic Cooper Square. Other events include a 5K run/walk and smashing a car. The festival includes numerous street vendors and a children's area. Patterson Memorial County Library is also located in Cooper, as well as a 15-acre (6.1 ha) municipal park, and numerous recreational and community centers, including the historic McKinney Home, the house of Dr. John and May McKinney, which was built in 1912 and later restored by their decedent author Susan Albright Hyde.
* Cooper's economy relied heavily on agricultural farming from its founding until the 1950s, especially on the growing of cash crops. In 1880, cotton, corn, sorghum and other crops were grown on over 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of farmland. The county also produced large quantities of livestock, with almost 3,000 cows and 10,000 hogs grazing on land near Cooper. The logging industry began to grow in the region, and several mills were constructed, producing furniture and lumber. In 1886, the Santa Fe Railway built a line through the county, and the shipping of crops and lumber became a major business in Cooper. During the early 1890s, the livestock industry in Delta County struggled, with the number of hogs being raised dropping to half of what it had been the previous decade. However, the agricultural business boomed, with the number of farms in the area around Cooper increasing to 1,188, and the value of the farms doubled to $1,400 (equivalent to $3,079,900 respectively in 2019) each. The production of cotton tripled, and the poultry industry began to boom. Within the city limits, Cooper housed a hotel, a shoemaker, a grocery store, a wagon maker, feed stores, general stores, drug stores, and several cotton and oat gins. Delta County contained 18 manufacturing establishments, but they only employed 33 people. The average income for someone working in the region was $208 (equivalent to $3,079,919 respectively in 2019).
* Cooper doesn't have much to offer. It has dollar stores, Dairy Queen, Subway, a municipal airport, a sports complex, a few local restaurants and businesses, Delta Supermarket, a couple of gas stations, a few public battle fields, and not much else.
Category:Texas Cities