East Tawakoni ( ) is a city in

Rains County, Texas Rains County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,164. Its seat is Emory. The county (and county seat) are named for Emory Rains, a Texas state legislator. In 1970, Recorded Texas Histori ...

, United States. The population was 883 at the 2010 census. East Tawakoni is located on the east side of

Lake Tawakoni Lake Tawakoni ( ) is a reservoir located in Northeast Texas, about east of Dallas. It lies within three Texas counties, Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt. It is used for water supply and recreation. It is under the Sabine River Authority of Texas and ...

, while its twin city West Tawakoni is located on the west side of the lake.

History

Marketed as a relaxed rural community with easy access to

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, East Tawakoni was established on June 6, 1967, after an election in which 30 of 45 residents voted in favor of incorporation. A mayor (Grady A. Whitehead) and five aldermen (Raymond Briggs, A.L. Williams, D.A. "Doc" Vincent, A.O. Murphrey, and T.E. Bell) were elected on June 27, 1967. In a local option election held on February 6, 1968, residents voted 38–32 (54.3%–45.7%) in favor of selling alcoholic beverages. The move ended more than 60 years of Rains County being wholly " dry". East Tawakoni had a population of 278 in 1970. That same year, a fire destroyed the city hall building and all of its records. City officials met in the garage of a local resident until a new building was constructed. The annexation of the Blue Heron Cove subdivision in 1986 doubled the size of East Tawakoni. By 1990, the city was home to 542 people. The population grew to 775 in 2000, a 43 percent increase over the 1990 figure.

Geography

East Tawakoni is located at (32.902922, –95.944247), along State Highway 276 in western Rains County. It is situated on the eastern shore of

, nine miles west of

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. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (2.16%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 824 people, 305 households, and 183 families residing in the city.

Education

The City of East Tawakoni is served by the Rains Independent School District.

References

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