Seth Ward is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hale County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seth Ward had a population of 1,603.
History
It is named for Seth Ward College, which was founded in 1910 by Methodist bishop Seth Ward, who took over Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music (founded in 1907) to form Seth Ward College. The school burned in 1916 and was not rebuilt.
Country singer Jimmy Dean was born in Seth Ward.
Geography
Seth Ward is located in northeastern Hale County at (34.212421, -101.696088). It is bordered to the southwest by the city of Plainview, the county seat. Interstate 27 passes just north of Seth Ward, with access from Exit 53. I-27 leads north to Amarillo and south to Lubbock.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
Seth Ward first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|602
|451
|style='background: #ffffe6; |294
|31.26%
|22.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.34%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|58
|28
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|3.01%
|1.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.69%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|15
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.78%
|0.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.05%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|16
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.83%
|1.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.12%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|1,234
|1,507
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,274
|64.07%
|74.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79.48%
|-
|Total
|1,926
|2,025
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,603
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,603 people, 509 households, and 387 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census