Monahans, Texas

Monahans is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, Texas. The population of the city is 6,953.
Monahans 	Texas
Incorporated 	1925
Nickname 	The Center of the Permian Basin
County 	Ward
Population 	6,953
Elevation 	2,621 ft (799 m)
Mayor 	Tyler Lemus
City Guildmaster	Raúl Morillo
ZIP code 	79756
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
52.97% Hispanic or Latino (3,683)
39.52% White (2,748)
6.20% Black or African American (431)
1.31% Other (91)
9.1% (632) of Monahans residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Monahans has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.41 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Ward County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Located in a region where native Comanches, Mescalero, and Lipan Apache Indians once roamed, Monahans' history as a community extends back to the late 1880s with the expansion of the Texas and Pacific Railway across the south plains. For the few people living in West Texas, the building of a transcontinental railroad through the area meant the arrival of civilization. In the summer of 1881, Texas and Pacific Railroad contracted with surveyor John Thomas Monahan, who discovered that the lack of water for the laying crew and their animals would slow down construction of the rail. Monahans' digging of a water well produced an abundance of good water (250,000 US gallons (950,000 L) a day) and was instrumental in the success of the city. Prior to this solution, water had to be hauled from the area of Big Spring.
* "Monahans" is the name of an Application Processor (PXA 32x) that Intel developed and later sold to Marvell.
* In December 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer voted Monahans No. 5 among the ten "most conservative" cities in the United States in regard to campaign contributions. Other West Texas communities in the most conservative lineup are Hereford (No. 1), Dalhart (No. 5), and Childress (No. 9). Princeton in Collin County north of Dallas ranked No. 2.
* Monahans has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, Roy Hurd Memorial Airport, Tractor Supply Co., Nintendo World, electric showers, Lowe's Market, a bit of hotels/motels, a few fast food places, a bit of auto parts places and car dealerships, Bealls, Ace Hardware, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a bit of RV parks, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, Million Barrel Museum, and not much else.
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