Taylor County, Texas

Taylor County is a county in Texas. The population of the county is 131,506.
Taylor County 	Texas
Founded 	1878
Named for 	Edward, George and James Taylor
County seat 	Abilene
Population 	131,506
Habitat 	Farmland, Urban
Cong. District 	19th
County Guildmaster	Roger Clark
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 Business
US Route 83
US Route 83 Business
US Route 84
US Route 277
Texas State Highway 36
Texas State Highway 153
Texas State Highway 351
Loop 322
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Callahan County (east)
Jones County (north)
Runnels County (south)
Coleman County (southeast)
Nolan County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
65.05% White (85,544)
24.12% Hispanic or Latino (31,719)
7.19% Black or African American (9,455)
3.64% Other (4,788)
14.3% (18,805) of Taylor County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Taylor County has average to above average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 56 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 7.65 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-25%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-12%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-71%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-53%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-32%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-22%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-10%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-50%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-30%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-50%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-10%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-35%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-20%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-62%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-71%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-61%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-48%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-72%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-70%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-55%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-74%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-10%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1-3%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-75%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-60%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-42%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-70%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-28%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-13%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-70%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-43%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-23%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-70%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-54%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-65%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-71%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Abilene - 117,063
Tuscola - 742
Tye - 1,242
=== Towns ===
Buffalo Gap - 464
Impact - 35
Lawn - 314
Merkel - 2,590
Trent - 337
=== CDPs ===
Potosi - 2,991
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Blair
Caps
Hamby
Happy Valley
Ovalo
Shep
View
Wylie
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	26 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	3 inches
Average yearly sunny days	244
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	1 (Very Low)
== Fun facts ==
* Impact was created as the only wet settlement in an otherwise very dry Taylor County. However, in 1978, Impact lost its reason for being when Abilene voters narrowly legalized (by a 131-vote margin) liquor sales in the city. The liquor stores in Impact soon dried up and closed and the community became just another suburb of Abilene. These days, it's just a residential extension.
* Potosi is a mostly residential suburb to the south of Abilene.
* A Flying J truck stop is located in Tye.
* Buffalo Gap was settled at the site of a natural pass through which bison herds traveled. It was a point on the Great Western Cattle Trail. The community has a few restaurants and art handicraft shops and caters to tourists.
* In 1959, Buffalo Gap incorporated itself as a town in order to establish a municipal water system. The aldermen appointed a part-time city marshal, who began to enforce speed limits. The marshal's salary was based on a percent of the fines collected. When citizens rose up in opposition at the strict enforcement, the marshal resigned. Two more marshals came and went before Mayor C. P. Hendrix retained Floyd Earl, a Buffalo Gap native who described his position, accordingly: "I felt like I was just volunteering for military service." Without a uniform or a police car, the new marshal pointed his flashlight, shouted frantically at speeders, and shot at them when they failed to stop, although he apparently never hit anyone. When some local men threatened to run Earl out of Buffalo Gap, he grabbed the ringleader and vowed to pistol-whip him if he talked back to the law. When citizens tried to remove Earl, the mayor and aldermen sided with the hard-pressed marshal. Earl collected few fines and faced multiple threats to his authority. "They threatened to kill me Saturday night. At least three times they've tried to run me over when I was on foot. I'll tell you, the only way I'm going to leave is if the town fires me, or if they carry me out to the family plot and bury me." The plight of Marshal Floyd Earl was covered in Time Magazine in 1960.
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