Trinity is a city in Trinity County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,343 at the 2020 census.

History

Trinity was founded in 1872 (possibly earlier as there is an 1870 Census for Trinity, Texas taken on 19 July, 1870) on land purchased from the New York and Texas Land Company. The town was a railroad station on the Houston and Great Northern Railroad.

The town was originally named Trinity Station after the Trinity River. The name of the town was later changed to Trinity City, then to Trinity. The town was incorporated in 1910.

Milltown, a community on the periphery, housed employees of the town lumber mill. It had 208 houses, with 156 for white lumber mill workers and 52 for the black workers.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Trinity had a population of 2,343. The median age was 38.8 years. 25.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.3 males age 18 and over.

There were 895 households in Trinity, of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.4% were married-couple households, 22.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 36.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 1,227 || 52.4%

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| Black or African American || 604 || 25.8%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 15 || 0.6%

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| Asian || 10 || 0.4%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%

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| Some other race || 245 || 10.5%

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| Two or more races || 242 || 10.3%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 515 || 22.0%

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2000 census

As of the census

Education

The City of Trinity is served by the Trinity Independent School District. The city also has a public library named the Blanche K. Werner Public Library.

Media

The Trinity Standard newspaper is published weekly by Polk County Publishing Company. Previous newspapers included The Trinity Tribune (1894), Democracy (1901), Trinity County News (1905), The Trinity Times (1927). A new addition, the ETMC First Physicians Clinic was opened April 20, 2009 and is owned by the Trinity Memorial Hospital District. Poor utilization and declining reimbursement rates were among the reasons ETMC decided it will exit ETMC Trinity at the end of its lease, August 1, 2017.

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  • City of Trinity
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  • Trinity Historical Society
  • Blanche K Werner Public Library
  • Texas State Historical Association
  • Trinity 1909 Sanborn Map Company