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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally known as Springville, it was changed to honor early settler
Emory Rains, when Rains County was organized in 1870. Emory became
the county seat and the first courthouse was a log building. A second
courthouse was built (1872) but soon burned (1879). A third (brick)
courthouse, constructed in 1884, burned in 1890.
Rains County
Courthouse
The Denison and Southeastern Railway arrived about 1880, establishing
Emory as a shipping point for lumber. In 1885 the town's population
was 600.
By the end of 1929 the population reached 1,000 but two years later
it had declined to 750, and by 1936 it had dwindled further to 447.
After the construction of Lake Tawakoni in the late 1950s,
a number of retirees began settling in the area boosting the population
back to the 1929 population of 1,000. |
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