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POINT, TEXAS

Rains County, East Texas

32°55'53"N 95°52'15"W (32.931512, -95.870957)

U.S. 69 and FMs 47 and 514
8 Miles NW of Emory the county seat
31 Miles NW of Mineola
29 Miles SW of Sulphur Springs
20 Miles SE of Greenville
60 Miles E of Dallas
ZIP code 75472
Area code 903
Population: 926 Est. (2019)
820 (2010) 792 (2000) 645 (1990)

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Point Texas National Farmers Union Monument
Point Texas National Farmers Union Monument
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

The town dates from 1880 when it was designated as a MKT flag stop. The name submitted for a post office was Rice’s Point, after William Rice, a local settler. Since the name was already in use, it was rejected but the word point was accepted.

The population reached 50 for the 1890 census. In 1902, the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America was formed. In three years it had amassed a national membership of one million members.

In 1913 the town built a two-story brick school and three years later the population reached 600. Point lost about half of its population during the Great Depression.

Highway 69 was built in the early 1940s, bolstering the population back into the 400s, but by ther end of WWII it had declined back to 350. The population from 1950 through the 60s remained at 400 (more or less). 1957 saw the building of the Iron Bridge Dam, impounding the Sabine River and forming Lake Tawakoni.

Development began on the western shore of Lake Tawakoni and this eventually became the separate community of East Tawakoni. Point’s population took a hit and for the 1970 census, it was back to just over 400 residents. The 1990 census reported 645 Point residents, increasing to nearly 800 by the year 2000.


Point, Texas Landmarks / Attractions


Cotton Pickin Theatre, Point Texas
The Cotton Pickin' Theatre
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007

The Cotton Pickin’ Theater by Bob Bowman

At Point, a small town of some 700 souls in northern Rains county..., a sturdy old gin has found a new life as an entertainment venue that draws crowds from all over East Texas and performers like Mark Chestnut, Pee Wee Walker, and Gary Busey.... more

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Point Texas National Farmers Union Monument statue
National Farmers Union Statue
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007

Point Texas National Farmers Union Monument
Monument close up
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007
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Point United Methodist Church, Point  TX
Point United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007
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Rains County Texas  1882  postal map
1882 map showing Point in NW Rains County
From Texas state map #2134
Courtesy Texas General Land Office



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Dallas
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