Lorena, Texas
city in Texas
Lorena is a small city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,785 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), all land. Lorena is off Interstate 35 and where Highway 81 originally was located.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lorena had a population of 1,785, 644 households, and 514 families residing in the city.
The median age was 36.0 years. 26.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.8 males age 18 and over.
62.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 37.8% lived in rural areas.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lorena, Texas” as city in Texas. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Texas. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q981749. VIAF identifies the subject as 146905298. The Library of Congress control number is no99080362. Authority coordinates are 31.383, -97.213. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lorena, Texas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.