MCQUEENEY, TEXAS. McQueeney is on Farm Road 78 four miles west of Seguin in west central Guadalupe County. German settlers moved to the area around 1870. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was built through the area in 1876, the stop was named Hilda. In 1900 C. F. Blumberg built a store a mile east of the rail stop. Hoping to persuade the railroad to move the stop from Hilda to his store, he called the site McQueeney, in honor of the superintendent of the Southern Pacific line. The post office which opened in 1900 was called McQueeney, but the railroad did not move the stop from Hilda to the store site. In 1914 McQueeney had two general stores and forty residents. Lake McQueeney, also called Lake Abbott, was built a mile northeast of the community in 1925 by means of a dam across the Guadalupe River. It became a popular area for recreation and for summer homes. McQueeney had 300 residents and nine businesses by the 1940s; a population of 640 was served by twenty-three businesses in 1988. In 1990 the population was 2,063. The population grew to 2,527 in 2000

Lake McQueeney was created in 1925 by damming the Guadalupe River. Treasure Island, an enclave of exclusive homes on Lake McQueeney, has flooded several times, most notably in 1972, 1998, and 2002.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,527 people, 1,018 households, and 722 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 608.8 people per square mile (235.1/km²). There were 1,269 housing units at an average density of 305.7/sq mi (118.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.61% White, 0.75% African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 8.79% from other races, and 1.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.29% of the population.

There were 1,018 households out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,317, and the median income for a family was $47,464. Males had a median income of $28,333 versus $23,375 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $21,079. About 2.0% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.