| Official Name: | East Tawakoni, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Rains County EastTawakoni.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rains |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.75 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.62 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.13 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.83 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 824 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 143 |
| Elevation Ft: | 469 |
| Coordinates: | 32.9031°N -95.9442°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48-22276[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1335000[3] |
| Website: | http://cityofeasttawakoni.com/ |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
East Tawakoni is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 824 at the 2020 census. East Tawakoni is located on the east side of Lake Tawakoni, while its twin city West Tawakoni is located on the west side of the lake.
Marketed as a relaxed rural community with easy access to Dallas, East Tawakoni was established on June 6, 1967, after an election in which 30 of 45 residents voted in favor of incorporation.[4] 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.
East Tawakoni is located at 32.9031°N -95.9442°W (32.902922, –95.944247),[5] along State Highway 276 in western Rains County. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Tawakoni, nine miles west of Emory.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9sqmi, of which 1.8sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (2.16%) is water.
| White (NH) | 700 | 84.95% | |
| Black or African American (NH) | 7 | 0.85% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 11 | 1.33% | |
| Asian (NH) | 15 | 1.82% | |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 2 | 0.24% | |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 39 | 4.73% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 6.07% | |
| Total | 824 |
The City of East Tawakoni is served by the Rains Independent School District.