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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Emory Namesake: Emory Rains, Texas politician Founding: ...