Rains County, Texas

 

Founding: 1870
Parent counties: Hopkins, Hunt, and Wood

Namesake: Emory Rains, Texas politician
Seat: Emory (1870–)

Land area: 229 square miles

Population (2020): 12,164

Population (historic): 3,035 (1880); 6,127 (1900); 7,114 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 177 (3.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $390
Average outbuilding value (1930): $172
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,418
Average farm size (1920): 47.1 acres

Sources of settlement: Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee
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Emory

Namesake: Emory Rains, Texas politician

Founding: 1870 (platting); 1870 (post office); 1947 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,251

Population (historic): 353 (1890); 426 (1900); 800 (1920)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1920; 1960–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 67 (12.3%)

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