Poth ( ) is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km), all land. This is approximately 35 mi (56 km) southeast of Downtown San Antonio.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable"
|+Poth racial composition as of 2020<br />(NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
| White (NH)
| 748
| 41.12%
|-
| Black or African American (NH)
| 7
| 0.38%
|-
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
| 2
| 0.11%
|-
| Asian (NH)
| 4
| 0.22%
|-
| Some Other Race (NH)
| 9
| 0.49%
|-
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
| 20
| 1.1%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino
| 1,029
| 56.57%
|-
| Total
| 1,819
|
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,819 people, 504 households, and 433 families residing in the city.
At the 2000 census there were 1,850 people, 623 households, and 490 families in the city. The population density was . There were 663 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 66.43% White, 0.43% African American, 0.92% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 29.08% from other races, and 2.97% multiracial. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 56.65%.
Education
The south central Wilson County area is served by the Poth Independent School District, which enrolls students from prekindergarten through twelfth grade. There is one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school (Poth High School) within Poth ISD.
History
The city was originally named Marcelina when it was established in 1886 for employees of the railway between San Antonio and Aransas Pass, but renamed in 1901 for Arnold H. Poth, who owned a cotton processing business.
In 1970, the city made national news when almost all of its citizens (more than 1,100 out of 1,296) agreed to be inoculated with the oral polio vaccine when one of the city's children contracted polio.