Foard County, Texas

Foard County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 1,622. It is named for, an attorney and soldier. Foard County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely, counties in the state of Texas until voters approved a referendum to permit the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in May of 2006. Its is, which is also the county's only incorporated community.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,833 (708 ). 1,830 km² (707 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.14%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 70.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 6.svg|20px]]

Tourist attractions

 * is located near the Pease River about 8 miles north of Crowell off State Highway 6. The park is located in neighboring Hardeman County.
 * Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus is located 10 miles west of Crowell off U.S. Highway 70. It is operated by the 3 Rivers Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, which is based in Crowell.

Adjacent counties

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 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,622 people, 664 households, and 438 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 850 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.16%, 3.27% or , 0.62% , 0.18% , 10.23% from , and 1.54% from two or more races. 16.34% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 664 households out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.00% were non-families. 31.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 23.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 86.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,813, and the median income for a family was $34,211. Males had a median income of $21,852 versus $16,450 for females. The for the county was $14,799. About 9.90% of families and 14.30% of the population were below the, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 16.20% of those age 65 or over.