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Crockett, Houston County, Texas
Node 001 of town2.us
Data updated 2026-09-23

A digital twin of Crockett, Texas.

Every public fact about one East Texas town, kept where anyone can check it. What the council was asked and what the record answered. Fifty years of the numbers that matter. Every dataset the government publishes, and the ones it doesn't. The zoning, the cameras on the roads, and the map underneath all of it.

Independent and unofficial. Every number carries its source. Nothing here is hand-maintained; the pages do arithmetic, not marketing.

The twin in layers. Each is a numbered plate.
  1. 01 Council ClarityMeeting record Live
  2. 02 Data PortalCatalog of public records Live
  3. 03 Zoning and land useMap watch Live
  4. 04 Surveillance infrastructureLicense plate readers New
  5. 05 Digital twin mapMap console Live
  6. 06 Indicators databaseOpen data, JSON and CSV Live
  7. 07 Funding radarGrants and programs Live
  8. 08 Town statisticsTen numbers, 50 years New
  9. 09 Roads and highwaysWho maintains which street Live
Latest decoded meetingJuly 20, 2026
Town statistics charted10, back to 1950
Public datasets cataloged96
Newest plates08, statistics · 04, cameras

Town statistics

New · 23 Sept 2026
Plate 08 · all ten statistics

The ten numbers people look up first about a town, each charted as far back as the public record goes, with 50, 25, 10, 5, 2, 1-year and year-to-date views. Six of them below.

See all ten →
  1. Population 
  2. Median household income 
  3. Poverty rate 
  4. Unemployment rate 
  5. City sales tax revenue 
  6. Crime rate 

The plates

What each layer of the twin holds
  1. 01Plate

    Council Clarity

    Meeting record

    Every question asked at a city meeting, captured verbatim, restated in plain language, answered from the city's own documents, and timestamped back to the tape.

    LiveJuly 20, 2026  ·  13 questions
  2. 02Plate

    Data Portal

    Catalog of public records

    Every public dataset about this town, who publishes it, how current it is, where to get it. The records that should be public but aren't are listed in orange until they are.

    Live96 datasets  ·  71 agencies  ·  9 documented gaps
  3. 03Plate

    Zoning and land use

    Map watch

    The city's zoning code is published; the map is not. A live map of what is public, city limits and flood zones, with a layer armed for the day the map is released.

    Live11 districts on paper  ·  0 on a public map
  4. 04Plate

    Surveillance infrastructure

    License plate readers

    Cameras that read every plate that passes are running inside the city limits. A ledger of what is confirmed, what the community has documented, and what stays open until the City answers.

    New · 15 Sept 2026Inquiry to the City 15 Sept 2026  ·  response pending
  5. 05Plate

    Digital twin map

    Map console

    The town in layers: limits, flood, utilities, parcels, code cases, historic district. Layers go live one by one as verified sources land.

    Live22 toggleable layers
  6. 06Plate

    Indicators database

    Open data, JSON and CSV

    One open database of the monthly numbers that matter. Every value keeps its source URL and retrieval date; every revision is logged, never erased.

    LiveSales tax, jobs, drought, rain, river
  7. 07Plate

    Funding radar

    Grants and programs

    Federal, state, regional, and foundation money a small-staff city can actually reach, with deadlines, tracked in one place.

    LiveRefreshed on a schedule
  8. 08Plate

    Town statistics

    Ten numbers, fifty years

    Population, income, poverty, jobs, home values, the tax rate, city spending, sales tax, crime, and school enrollment, each charted as far back as the public record goes, with every point sourced.

    New · 23 Sept 202610 statistics  ·  earliest 1950  ·  6 agencies
  9. 09Plate

    Roads and highways

    Who maintains which street

    State routes and city streets, TxDOT projects, pothole reports, who to call, and the research on who takes care of the courthouse square.

    Live

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House rules

How every plate is built
Verbatim first.Interpretation sits beside the original words, labeled, never substituted.
Every claim carries a timestamp.The counts are arithmetic, not opinion.
Draft until reviewed.Machine output wears a stamp until a human has checked it.
The gaps are listed too.What the record won't show is part of the record.