Sebastian, Texas
census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States
Sebastian is a census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,684 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Sebastian is located at 26°20′36″N 97°47′36″W (26.343249, -97.793347).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2), all land.
Demographics
Sebastian first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990U.S. Census.
2020 census
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,864 people, 535 households, and 438 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,118.4 inhabitants per square mile (431.8/km2). There were 645 housing units at an average density of 387.0 per square mile (149.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.60% White, 0.27% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 26.56% from other races, and 2.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 95.49% of the population.
There were 535 households, out of which 44.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families.
“Sebastian, Texas” enters the record as census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sebastian, Texas and census-designated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Sebastian, Texas” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sebastian, Texas and census-designated provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q981211. Authority coordinates are 26.343, -97.793. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sebastian, 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.