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EMORY, TEXAS

Rains County Seat, East Texas
US 69 and Hwy 19
59 miles E of Dallas
23 miles NW of Mineola
28 miles SE of Greenville
21 miles SW of Sulphur Springs
Population 1,021 (2000)

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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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