Newcastle
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city in Young County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Young
- Total
- 1.80 sq mi (4.67 km )
- Land
- 1.79 sq mi (4.64 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 1,125 ft (343 m)
- Density
- 294/sq mi (113/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-50868
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Newcastle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Young County
- Population
- 526
- Area
- 4.665208
- Elevation
- 348
- Image
- Newcastle wiki.JPG
- Households
- 246
- Dialing code
- 940
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- postal code
- 76372
- P8168
- Elena Anaya
- water as percent of area
- 0.6193
- per capita income
- 20091
- Commons category
- Newcastle, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Newcastle is a city in Young County, Texas, United States. Following the beginning of coal mining in 1908, the town was established and named after the English coal town, Newcastle upon Tyne. Coal mining had ended by 1942. Its population was 526 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newcastle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.