Aspermont is a town in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the county seat of Stonewall County. The population was 919 at the 2010 census.
History
The town was established in 1889. Aspermont means "rough mountain" in Latin, and is probably a reference to the nearby Double Mountains. The city was founded by A. L. Rhomberg of Swiss-Austrian descent, who might have been a descendant of the noble family Aspermont from Graubünden, which is known to have relocated to Dornbirn in the Austrian part of the Rhine valley and changed the name to Rhomberg. Marshall Formby, later a Texas state senator, operated the Aspermont Star weekly newspaper in the middle 1930s. The paper is now known as the Double Mountain Chronicle .
At the 2000 census there were 1,021 people, 418 households, and 282 families living in the town. The population density was 493.2 people per square mile. There were 507 housing units at an average density of 244.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 85.99% White, 4.31% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 7.25% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.12%. Of the 418 households 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couplesliving together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 30.1% of households were one person and 15.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.90. The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males. The median household income was $25,893 and the median family income was $31,172. Males had a median income of $24,904 versus $13,971 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,060. About 17.1% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.5% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
