Texas · Census place 4817648

Cresson, Texas

Cresson is a city in 3 counties of Texas with an estimated 2,050 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 598th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,050
#598 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+43.5%
+621 people
Land area
11.6 sq mi
Density
177 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Cresson. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

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Cresson population, 2020 to 2024

Cresson added 621 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +43.5%. In the latest year it moved by +74.

1,42920201,83220211,89220221,97620232,0502024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,339. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cresson covers 11.55 square miles of land, for 177 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Cresson is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Cresson spans

Cresson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,050 residents as follows; Hood County holds 52.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Hood County1,070
  2. 02Parker County814
  3. 03Johnson County166
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cresson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cresson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76035, 76049. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cresson is

The Census internal point of Cresson is at 32.529900, -97.615300. Austin, the capital, is 156.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Godley, TX (4,402 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Worth, TX, 23.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.529900, -97.615300
DMS
32°31'47.64"N 97°36'55.08"W
UTM
14N 630039.9E 3600018.7N
Geohash
9vf949ysq
Plus code
8644G9HM+XV

Daylight in Cresson

At 32.53° N, Cresson gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cresson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Godley, 6.9 miles away, with 4,402 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cresson, TX?

2,050 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 621 (43.5%) from 1,429 in July 2020.

What county is Cresson in?

It spans 3 counties: Hood County (1,070 residents), Parker County (814 residents), Johnson County (166 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cresson?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 76035, 76049.

How far is Cresson from Austin?

156.0 miles (251.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Cresson.

What is the nearest larger city to Cresson?

Godley, TX, with 4,402 residents, 6.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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