Talty, Texas
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Talty, Texas
| settlement_type = City
| pronunciation = Tãl-tee
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| image_map = Kaufman County Texas Incorporated Areas Talty highlighted.svg
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| map_caption = Location of Talty in Kaufman County, Texas
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Texas
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kaufman
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_km2 = 8.78
| area_land_km2 = 8.78
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.39
| area_land_sq_mi = 3.39
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 2500
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone = Central (CST)
| utc_offset = -6
| timezone_DST = CDT
| utc_offset_DST = -5
| elevation_ft = 479
| coordinates = {{coord|32|41|40|N|96|24|03|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| area_code = 214, 469, 945, 972
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| blank_info = 48-71756{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
| blank1_info = 2412032{{GNIS|2412032}}
| website = {{URL|www.taltytexas.com}}
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Talty is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,535 at the 2010 census,{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4871756| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Talty town, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=May 3, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041314/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4871756| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}} and in 2020 the population was 2,500.
Incorporated on May 1, 1999, as the Town of Talty, the name was formally changed to City of Talty in 2015.{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html | title = Boundary Changes | work = Geographic Change Notes: Texas | publisher = Population Division, United States Census Bureau | date = 2006-05-19 | accessdate = 2008-05-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html | archivedate = 2010-08-06 }}
Don Willett, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former Texas Supreme Court justice, is from Talty.
Geography
Talty is located in northwestern Kaufman County. Interstate 20 passes through the town, with access from Exit 493. I-20 leads east {{convert|7|mi|0}} to Terrell and west {{convert|13|mi}} to Interstate 635 southeast of Dallas. Downtown Dallas is {{convert|26|mi}} west of Talty.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Talty has a total area of {{convert|7.1|km2|order=flip}}, all land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 1028
| 2010 = 1535
| 2020 = 2500
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 3048
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}
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| class="wikitable"
|+Talty racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4871756&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}} !Race !Number !Percentage |
| White (NH)
|1,608 |64.32% |
| Black or African American (NH)
|280 |11.2% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|10 |0.4% |
| Asian (NH)
|14 |0.56% |
| Some Other Race (NH)
|4 |0.16% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|88 |3.52% |
| Hispanic or Latino
|496 |19.84% |
| Total
|2,500 | |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,500 people, 713 households, and 679 families residing in the town.
Education
Talty is served by Forney Independent School District.
Almost all of Talty is zoned to Henderson Elementary School (in unincorporated Kaufman County), while a very small portion is zoned to Claybon Elementary School (Forney).{{Cite web |url=https://webapps.forneyisd.net/forney/newspost2/asp/newsposting.asp?id=642 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-05 |archive-date=2007-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009143436/https://webapps.forneyisd.net/forney/newspost2/asp/newsposting.asp?id=642 |url-status=dead }}
Warren Middle School (in unincorporated Kaufman County), and Forney High School (Forney) serve Talty students.
References
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External links
- [http://www.taltytexas.com/ Official website]
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Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Category:Cities in Kaufman County, Texas