Bertram ( ) is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,020 in the 2024 estimate,
History
Bertram is at the junction of Farm Roads 243 and 1174 and State Highway 29, 10 miles east of Burnet in eastern Burnet County. The town was established in 1882, when the community of San Gabriel (near the San Gabriel River) in Burnet County was moved two miles northwest to the newly constructed Austin and Northwestern Railroad. The new community was named for Austin merchant Rudolph Bertram, the largest stockholder in the railroad. A post office opened in 1882, and by 1891, the town had an estimated population of 150, a cotton gin-gristmill, three general stores, a grocer, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, and two wagonmakers. After 1900, Bertram was a shipping point for cotton, cattle, and wool. In 1928, a record 11,624 bales of cotton were ginned in the town.
In the early 1930s, plummeting cotton prices and the Great Depression caused the town's population to decline from a high of 1,000 in 1929 to 550 by 1931. It was 600 in 1949, and by 1966, stood at 1,205. In 1989, the town had an estimated population of 1,002 and 19 businesses. At that time, Bertram's principal industries included the manufacture of ceramic floor tiles, paving tiles, marble fixtures, and vacuum-formed and molded plastic products. In 1990, the census population was 849.
Major League Baseball player John Owen "Chief" Wilson lived in Bertram. The local baseball field is named for him.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bertram had a population of 1,616. The median age was 39.1 years; 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.0 males. There were 478 families residing in the city.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 570 households in Bertram, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.8% were married-couple households, 17.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
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| White || 74.9%
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| Black or African American || 1.6%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.7%
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| Asian || 0.9%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 9.3%
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| Two or more races || 12.4%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 26.2%
|}
2000 census
At the 2000 census,
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Image:Bertram Depot Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Train Depot
Image:Downtown Bertram 2 Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Downtown Bertram
Image:Downtown Bertram 3 Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Downtown Bertram
Image:Downtown Bertram 1 Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Downtown Bertram
Image:Bertram School Wiki 2 (1 of 1).jpg|Bertram School
Image:Flanigans Bertram Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Flanigan's Texas Distillery and Winery
Image:Flanigans Bertram 2 Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|Flanigan's Building
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