Official Name: | Chalk Hill, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Chalk Hill |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rusk |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 394 |
Coordinates: | 32.3528°N -94.6511°W |
Area Code: | 430, 903 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1379527 |
Chalk Hill is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.
The area in what is known as Chalk Hill today was first settled around 1875. It had a store and only 25 residents in the 1940s. The National Weather Service established a radar site in Chalk Hill to forecast weather in the area in 1978. Its population was 200 in 2000.[1]
Chalk Hill is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1716, 2164 and 2166, 15miles northeast of Henderson, 8miles south of Longview, and 6miles northwest of Tatum in northeastern Rusk County.[2]
Today, the community is served by the Tatum Independent School District.