Seagoville, Texas
City
Location of Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas
Location of Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°39′7″N 96°33′0″W / 32.65194°N 96.55000°W / 32.65194; -96.55000
CountryUnited StatesUnited States
StateTexasTexas
CountiesDallas, Kaufman
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • City CouncilMayor Dennis Childress
Jose Hernandez
Rick Howard
Tommy Lemond
Mike Fruin
Jon Epps
 • City ManagerPat Stallings
Area
[1]
 • Total19.05 sq mi (49.33 km2)
 • Land18.78 sq mi (48.65 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2)  1.58%
Elevation
440 ft (134 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total14,835
 • Density897.63/sq mi (346.58/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
75159
Area code(s)214, 469, 945, 972
FIPS code48-66428[2]
GNIS feature ID1346844[3]
Websiteseagoville.us

Seagoville (/ˈsiːɡoʊvɪl/ SEE-goh-vil) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. A small portion of Seagoville extends into Kaufman County. The population was 18,446 at the 2020 census.[4] The city is located along U.S. Highway 175, 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Mesquite.[5]

History

Seagoville was originally called Seago, and under this name was laid out in 1876 by T. K. Seago (1836–1904), and named after him. The United States Post Office changed the town's name to "Seagoville" in 1910 to prevent confusion with another city in Texas called Sego.[5]

During World War II, the Federal Reformatory for Women in Seagoville was the site of an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention camp for Japanese, German, and Italian Americans classified as "enemy aliens" and women of Japanese and German ancestry deported from Latin America.[5][6] Internees at Seagoville published a German language newsletter called the Sägedorfer Fliegende Blätter.[7] The camp housed up to 647 people, and was closed in June 1945, after the internees were either "repatriated" to Japan or Germany, or transferred to Crystal City, Texas.[6][8]

Geography

Seagoville is located at 32°39′7″N 96°33′0″W / 32.65194°N 96.55000°W / 32.65194; -96.55000 (32.651920, –96.550033).[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.0 square miles (49.2 km2), of which 18.7 square miles (48.4 km2) are land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 1.58%, is covered by water.[10]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930604—
194076025.8%
19501,927153.6%
19603,74594.3%
19704,39017.2%
19807,30466.4%
19908,96922.8%
200010,82320.7%
201014,83537.1%
202018,44624.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]

[12]

Seagoville racial composition as of 2020[4]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Number Percentage
White (NH) 5,680 30.79%
Black or African American (NH) 3,343 18.12%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 87 0.47%
Asian (NH) 98 0.53%
Pacific Islander (NH) 17 0.09%
Some Other Race (NH) 35 0.19%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 417 2.26%
Hispanic or Latino 8,769 47.54%
Total 18,446

At the 2020 United States census, there were 18,446 people, 4,283 households, and 3,445 families residing in the city.[4]

Government and infrastructure

Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville

Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville is located in Seagoville.

The United States Postal Service operates the Seagoville Post Office on Seagoville Road in Kleberg, Dallas.[15][16] It was previously located at 314 Glendale Avenue, in a rented facility in Seagoville.[16][17] Since around 1882 a post office had been located in the Seagoville city limits. In 2011, the USPS announced that it was closing the existing Seagoville post office and consolidating it into the Kleberg Post Office, a USPS-owned facility since renamed to the Seagoville Post Office, citing cost-cutting reasons in response to a budget shortfall. Though individuals had offered to pay for the rental costs at Seagoville, the USPS insisted on closing the city post office. As of 2011, the Seagoville city post office was busier than the Kleberg one.[16]

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Portions of Seagoville are within three separate independent school districts.[18]

Dallas Independent School District

Almost all of the Dallas County portion of Seagoville is served by the Dallas Independent School District. The area is within the Board of Trustees District 4.[19] Portions of Seagoville are zoned to Central Elementary School, Seagoville North Elementary School, and Seagoville Elementary School.[20] All of the city is zoned to Seagoville Middle School (6–8), and Seagoville High School (9–12).

Seagoville North Elementary School was scheduled to open in 2012.[21] Prior to 2012, the students in the Dallas County portion were zoned to Seagoville Elementary School (at the time, grades Pre-K–2) and Central Elementary School (at the time, grades 3–5).

Seagoville Elementary, Seagoville North, and Central Elementary are within the Seagoville city limits, while Seagoville Middle and Seagoville High are in Dallas, near the city of Seagoville. Seagoville Alternative Center, an alternative school is within the city limits.

DISD maintains the Seagoville Stadium.[22]

Seagoville Independent School District was previously the town's school district. In 1965, the district was absorbed into the Dallas Independent School District.[5]

Crandall Independent School District

The minuscule Kaufman County portion is served by Crandall Independent School District. The students in the Crandall portion are zoned to Wilson Elementary School, Crandall Middle School, and Crandall High School. Wilson Elementary and Crandall Middle are within the city of Crandall. Crandall High is partially in Crandall and partially in unincorporated Kaufman County.

Mesquite Independent School District

A very small portion of northeast Seagoville is within the boundaries of Mesquite Independent School District. That portion is served by Achziger Elementary School, Terry Middle School, and John Horn High School (all three schools are in Mesquite).[23] The area was formerly zoned to Thompson Elementary School.[24]

History of schools

The first school established in Seagoville was the Brinegar School. The one-room log schoolhouse, which featured split-log seating, was constructed around 1867 in the area of the modern-day Heard Park. Professor J.T. Doss built a new school building in 1880;[25] it was called Woodside. Another school opened in a four-frame building. A cyclone destroyed one of its rooms in 1903,[26] and in 1909 that school was destroyed in a fire. In 1910 a new brick high school building opened on the site of what is now Seagoville Elementary School.[25] The building, a two-story facility with four rooms for upper grades upstairs and four rooms for lower grades downstairs, on land on North Kaufman Street was donated by Ben H. Fly. It was built for about $10,000 ($283,000 adjusted for inflation to 2022), and was known as "The High School" and "the Old Red Schoolhouse".[27]

Seagoville High School first opened in 1928 on land purchased in 1927. This high school building later burned down, and Central Elementary School opened on the former high-school site. The current high school facility and Seagoville Middle School opened on a 22-acre (8.9 ha) plot of land donated by M.D. Reeves in 1952: one building opened in 1955 and the other opened in September 1958. Seagoville was in the Seagoville Independent School District until August 1964, when it merged into DISD.[27]

Public libraries

Seagoville has its own public library, the Seagoville Public Library, at 702 North U.S. Highway 175.[28]

Community colleges

The Texas Legislature defines all of Dallas County (including the vast majority of Seagoville) as being in the Dallas College (formerly Dallas County Community College or DCCCD) district. The portion in Kaufman County is within the Trinity Valley Community College district.[29]

Parks and recreation

The Dallas Independent School District operates the Seagoville Stadium in Seagoville.[30]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Seagoville, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  6. ^ a b Mak, Stephen. "Seogoville (detention facility)" Densho Encyclopedia (accessed 17 Jun 2014).
  7. ^ "Seagoville Internee Newspaper: Sägedorfer Fliegende Blätter" (PDF). The Freedom of Information Times (in German). Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  8. ^ Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). "World War II Internment Camps". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Seagoville city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  11. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Seagoville city, Texas". www.census.gov. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  13. ^ https://www.census.gov/[not specific enough to verify]
  14. ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  15. ^ "SEAGOVILLE." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on June 9, 2016. "15300 SEAGOVILLE RD DALLAS, TX 75253-9998"
  16. ^ a b c Harris, Byron. "Seagoville post office to close ." WFAA. March 3, 2011. Retrieved on June 9, 2016.
  17. ^ "Post Office Location - SEAGOVILLE." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 4, 2008.
  18. ^ "Official Zoning Map." City of Seagoville. Retrieved on June 9, 2016.
  19. ^ "Trustee District 4 with School Locations." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on November 24, 2008.
  20. ^ "PROPOSED 2012-13 Seagoville North ES Zone." (Archive) Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on March 11, 2013.
  21. ^ "New Schools-2008 Bond Program." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on January 8, 2010.
  22. ^ "Dallas ISD – Athletic Facilities." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on June 27, 2016.
  23. ^ "AttendZones1213.pdf." Mesquite Independent School District. Retrieved on April 4, 2014.
  24. ^ "AttendZones0809.pdf." Mesquite Independent School District. Retrieved on April 4, 2014.
  25. ^ a b "History." City of Seagoville. Retrieved on February 13, 2012.
  26. ^ Phillips, Billie Frank. Seagoville (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2011. ISBN 0738578630, 9780738578637. p. 71.
  27. ^ a b Phillips, Billie Frank. Seagoville (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2011. ISBN 0738578630, 9780738578637. p. 74.
  28. ^ "Welcome to the Seagoville Public Library." Seagoville Public Library. Retrieved on December 4, 2008.
  29. ^ Texas Education Code: Sec. 130.176. DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. Sec. 130.205. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
  30. ^ "Athletic Facilities." Dallas Independent School District. Retrieved on February 24, 2012.

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