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Italy, Texas
 | Where is Italy, Texas?Italy, Texas is located at Latitude 32.181389 and Longitude -96.883881. Italy is in the Central (GMT -06:00) time zone. Telephone area codes in Italy include 972/469. This hometown does use daylight savings time. Italy, Texas is situated in Ellis County. Ellis County has an average elevation of 530 feet. Please explore this site for detailed population, demographic and housing data for Italy, Texas and Ellis County. |
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Italy, Texas History, Genealogy and Trivia
History in a Pecan shell
A timeline of significant events in Italy, Texas:
1860: Scattered settlement begins
1879: the brothers Aycock built the first house and use it as a combination of
house, store and post office. The town was split over what the name should
be - some wanting Egypt and others Italy. Gabriel J. Penn, the Waxahachie
postmaster settled the matter for them by filling in the blank on the application
with the name Italy. The postal authorities gladly accepted Italy (there was
already an Egypt in Wharton County).
1890: The population reaches 500 Italians (not really Italians, but what
else are you going to call them?)
1891: A big year for Italy. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived
(actually in December 1890), the first newspaper was published, and the town
was officially incorporated.
1900: population is 1,061
Italy, Texas Demographics and Housing Data
| State Abbreviation: | TX |
| City Type: | Town |
| Total Population: | 1863 |
| Population Median: | 34.1 |
| Population Male: | 913 |
| Population Female: | 950 |
| Average Houshold Size: | 2.87 |
| Average Family Size: | 3.38 |
| Total Households: | 650 |
| Total Housing Units: | 727 |
Italy, Texas Zip Codes
Postal Station Type: Post Office
Latitude: 32.17864 Longitude: -96.873688
Zip Code Classification: Non-Unique