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History from
Wikipedia

Bonham, one of the oldest cities in Texas, dates back to the year 1837 when Bailey Inglish built a two-story block house named Fort Inglish. It was located about 2 miles from the current downtown. Inglish and other acquaintances settled there in the summer of 1837 and the settlement was named Bois D'Arc. In 1843, the Congress of the Republic of Texas assigned the name Bloomington to the city, but finally renamed it Bonham, in honor of James Butler Bonham, a hero and defender of the Alamo. On February 2, 1848, Bonham was incorporated as a city.

After the connection to the Texas and Pacific Railway the city began to grow and in 1885 there were six churches, three colleges, two public schools, three weekly newspapers, a saw mill, two grain mills, a power plant and 2300 inhabitants. 1890 saw the addition of streetcars, an ice plant, and the opening of the Texas Power and Light Company, a utility provider to the area. In 1925, the city was connected to natural gas lines.

During the Second World War, there was a training camp and an aviation school for the US Air Force in the vicinity of Bonham, as well as a prisoner-of-war camp for Germans and German soldiers. Parts of the camp can still be visited today.

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Further information

	People MapStats	Fannin County	Texas
	Population, 2008 estimate	33,229	24,326,974
	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000	31,242	20,851,811
	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008	6.4%	16.7%
	Population, change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008	1,987	3,475,163
	Persons under 5 years old, 2007	1,992	1,988,979
	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007	6.0%	8.3%
	Persons under 18 years old, 2007	7,207	6,623,366
	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007	21.8%	27.7%
	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007	16.9%	10.0%
	Persons 65 years old and over, 2007	5,574	2,394,157
	Female persons, percent, 2007	46.9%	50.1%
	White persons, 2007 (a)	29,602	19,741,868
	Black persons, 2007 (a)	2,560	2,857,111
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2007 (a)	362	170,835
	Asian persons, 2007 (a)	130	814,454
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2007 (a)	8	28,678
	Persons reporting two or more races, 2007	405	291,434
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2007 (b)	2,419	8,600,399
	White persons not Hispanic, 2007	27,342	11,443,618
	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)	89.5%	82.6%
	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)	7.7%	12.0%
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)	1.1%	0.7%
	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)	0.4%	3.4%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)	Z	0.1%
	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007	1.2%	1.2%
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)	7.3%	36.0%
	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007	82.7%	47.9%
	Births, 2005	403	385,915
	Deaths, 2005	400	156,457
	Infant deaths, 2005	NA	2,259
	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over	50.9%	49.6%
	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.1%	13.9%
	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.4%	31.2%
	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.5%	75.7%
	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.6%	23.2%
	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	6,356	3,605,542
	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.6	25.4
	Housing units, 2007	13,568	9,432,672
	Housing units, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	681	1,275,111
	Housing units percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	5.3%	15.6%
	Homeownership rate, 2000	74.8%	63.8%
	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$54,500	$82,500
	Households, 2000	11,105	7,393,354
	Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.74
	Median household income, 2007	$40,840	$47,563
	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007	16.5%	16.3%

	Business MapStats	Fannin County	Texas
	Personal income, 2006 ($million)	793	823,159
	Personal income per capita, 2006	$24,128	$35,166
	Civilian labor force, 2007	13,388	11,492,422
	Unemployment rate, 2007	5.3%	4.3%
	Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 2006	13,731	13,514,130
	Full-time and part-time employment, net change 2000 to 2006	141	1,269,431
	Employment in government, 2006	2,391	1,864,149
	Earnings, 2006 ($1000)	356,953	673,309,138
	Average earnings per job, 2006	$25,996	$49,823
	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006	500	509,0801
	Private nonfarm employment, 2006	4,985	8,711,4761
	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006	-13.5%	8.5%1
	Total number of firms, 2002	2,430	1,734,509
	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002	F	5.1%
	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002	F	0.9%
	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002	F	4.5%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002	F	0.1%
	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002	S	27.0%
	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002	F	18.4%
	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)	256,113	310,815,965
	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)	13,751	29,914,774
	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)	113,574	397,405,111
	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)	269,962	228,694,755
	Retail sales per capita, 2002	$8,481	$10,528
	Building permits, 2007	67	176,992
	Valuation of building permits, 2007 ($1000)	5,315	24,777,896
	Farm land, 2002 (acres)	483,446	129,877,666
	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)	265,932	171,765,9611
	Federal spending per capita, 2007	$8,042	$7,1861

	Geography MapStats	Fannin County	Texas
	Land area, 2000 (square miles)	891.45	261,797.12
	Persons per square mile, 2000	35.1	79.6
	FIPS Code	147	48
	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area	Bonham, TX Micro Area

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