Rains County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,164. Its

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. The county (and county seat) are named for

Emory Rains Emory Rains (May 4, 1800 – March 4, 1878) was a lawyer, judge and political leader in the Republic of Texas and thereafter in the State of Texas. Rains was born in Warren County, Tennessee, and moved to Texas in 1817. Emory Rains held many publi ...

, a Texas state legislator. In 1970,

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Number 10860 was placed in the county courthouse lawn.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which (11%) are covered by water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Texas by land area and fifth-smallest by total area.

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 69 * State Highway 19 * State Highway 276

Minor highways

* Farm to Market Road 47 * Farm to Market Road 275 *

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* Farm to Market Road 514 * Farm to Market Road 515 * Farm to Market Road 779 * Farm to Market Road 2081 * Farm to Market Road 2324 *

Farm to Market Road 2737 A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

* Farm to Market Road 2795 * Farm to Market Road 2946 * Farm to Market Road 3274 * Farm to Market Road 3299

Adjacent counties

* Hopkins County (north) * Wood County (east) *

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(southwest) *

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(northwest)

Communities

Cities

Emory October 2017 02 (Texas State Highway 19)

* East Tawakoni *

(county seat) *

Point Point or points may refer to: Places * Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland * Point ...

Towns

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(mostly in Wood County)

Unincorporated community

* Dougherty

Demographics

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the 2018 estimation, there were 12,159 people, 4,333 households, and 2,680 families residing in the county. By 2020, there were 12,164 people residing in the county. The

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was 53 people per square mile (21/km²). There were 5,411 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km²). Per the 2000 census, the racial makeup of the county was 93.6%

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, 2.6%

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, 1.1% Native American, 1.1%

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, 0.06%

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, and 1.6% from two or more races; 9.2% of the population were

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of any race. There were 4,333 households, out of which 28.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.90% were

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living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 22.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.92. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 27.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $48,308 and the median income for a family was $40,329. Males had a median income of $31,983 versus $21,594 for females. The

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for the county was $23,936. About 11.40% of families and 17% of the population were below the

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, including 17.50% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.

Media

Rains County is part of the

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DMA. Local media outlets are:

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KXAS-TV KXAS-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States, broadcasting NBC programming to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Televis ...

WFAA-TV WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Decatur-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KMPX (channel 29) ...

, KTVT-TV,

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KTXA-TV KTXA (channel 21) is an independent television station in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside Fort Worth–based CBS station KTVT (channel 11). ...

KDFI-TV KDFI (channel 27), branded on-air as Fox 4 More or More 27, is a television station licensed to Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, broadcasting MyNetworkTV to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and opera ...

KDAF-TV KDAF (channel 33) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with programming from The CW. It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group (based in near ...

, and KFWD-TV. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Rains County come from the

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market and they include:

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, KYTX-TV,

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, KCEB-TV, and

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Education

The majority of the county is served by the Rains Independent School District located in Emory. The far southeastern portion of the county is served by the

Alba-Golden Independent School District The Alba-Golden Independent School District is a school district serving southeastern Rains and western Wood counties in eastern Texas (USA). The district serves the towns of Alba and Golden. It is a AA school. Its mascot is the panther. Financ ...

. The far northwestern corner of the county is served by the Lone Oak Independent School District. A portion of north central Rains County is served by the Miller Grove Independent School District.

Politics

References

External links

Rains County government's website
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