Chilton, Texas

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Chilton, Texas | settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community  | image_skyline = Featherston Field, Chilton, TX IMG_6209.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Featherston Field in Chilton | image_flag = | image_seal =  | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Texas#USA | pushpin_label = Chilton | pushpin_label_position = left  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Nowrap|{{Flag|United States of America|size=23px}}}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Texas|size=23px}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Falls  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date =  | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 10.29 | area_land_km2 = 10.23 | area_water_km2 = 0.06 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 776 | population_density_km2 = 89.0 | population_density_sq_mi =  | timezone = Central (CST) | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 446 | coordinates = {{coord|31|17|05|N|97|03|39|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}  | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 76632 | area_code = 254 | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 48-14692<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4814692| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chilton CDP, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 22, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2586919<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2586919}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Chilton''' is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 776 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Chilton is located in western Falls County. U.S. Route 77 forms the western edge of the community, leading north {{convert|20|mi}} to Waco and south {{convert|16|mi}} to Rosebud. Texas State Highway 7 passes through the center of Chilton, leading east {{convert|10|mi|0}} to Marlin, the county seat, and west {{convert|12|mi}} to Bruceville-Eddy.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=right |2010=911 |2020=776 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

Chilton first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=2010CensusTX/>

===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Chilton CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''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 may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chiltons CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4814692&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chilton CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4814692&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |266 |style='background: #ffffe6; |194 |29.20% |style='background: #ffffe6; |25.00% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |84 |style='background: #ffffe6; |81 |9.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |10.44% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |2 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Asian alone (NH) |2 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2 |0.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |3 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2 |0.33% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26% |- |Other race alone (NH) |5 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5 |0.55% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.64% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |7 |style='background: #ffffe6; |22 |0.77% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.84% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |542 |style='background: #ffffe6; |470 |59.50% |style='background: #ffffe6; |60.57% |- |'''Total''' |'''911''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''776''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 776 people, 247 households, and 190 families residing in the CDP.

==Education== The Chilton Independent School District, which covers the CDP,<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48145_falls/DC20SD_C48145.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Falls County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=2025-09-16}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48145_falls/DC20SD_C48145_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> offers extra-curricular activities, most notably football, which is played in the stadium at Featherston Field. In 2006, Chilton won its second 1A state football championship.

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