| Official Name: | Paint Creek, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Paint Creek |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Haskell |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 324 |
| Timezone: | Central CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 33.0628°N -99.6728°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 79521 |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48209 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1378817 |
Paint Creek is an unincorporated community in southeast Haskell County, Texas, United States, in north central Texas.
Paint Creek is named after the nearby stream, which Stamford Dam impounds 8 miles to the east of the community to form Lake Stamford. In 2011, press reports indicated Haskell County had a population of 5,899, down from about 14,000 in 1950.[1]
It is the hometown of 14th United States Secretary of Energy, former Governor of Texas and two time U.S. presidential candidate Rick Perry, who served as Texas's 47th governor and the longest-serving governor in Texas history.
The Paint Creek Independent School District serves area students.
The community is 40miles north of Abilene.[2]
As of the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), 324 people resided in the area, with 608 housing units in the area. The racial makeup of the county was 95.9% White, with 4.1% from two or more races. About 6.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In the county, the population distributed as 12.3% under the age of 20, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 1.2% from 20 to 24, 3.0% from 25 to 34, 18.0% from 35 to 44, and 12.4% from 45 to 54, 5.6% from 55 to 59, 20.1% from 60 to 64, 28.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56.9 years.