| Official Name: | Point, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Rains County Point.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 32.9314°N -95.8708°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rains |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.21 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.78 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.76 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Elevation M: | 161 |
| Elevation Ft: | 528 |
| Population Total: | 745 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 75472 |
| Area Code: | 430, 903 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48-58532[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1375515[3] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Point is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 745 at the 2020 census.
Settled circa 1880 as a flag station on a section of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad being built from Mineola to Greenville, the name submitted for a post office was initially Rice's Point, in honor of early area settler William Rice. When that was rejected, the name Point was accepted. By 1890, the community had an estimated population of fifty, a public school, and four churches. Ten men, led by newspaperman Isaac Newton Gresham, met in Point on August 28, 1902, and signed a charter to establish the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America.[4] The organization went national in 1905 and had a million members by 1908. In 1913, Point established the first independent school district in Rains County. The number of residents had risen to around 600 in 1914. The Great Depression severely impacted the community, leading to a rapid decline in population and the number of businesses in Point. The paving of U.S. Route 69 in the early 1940s bolstered the population to approximately 420, but that figure had again declined to 350 by the end of that decade. The MKT line was abandoned in the mid-1950s. In 1957, the Iron Bridge Dam was constructed on the Sabine River to form Lake Tawakoni. When the lake reached its fullest extent in 1960, it was only four miles from Point. Point was incorporated as a city in 1966. Development along the shores of Lake Tawakoni eventually became a separate community, East Tawakoni, which incorporated in 1967. Point's population was 419 in 1970 and slowly grew, due to a combination of tourism and its role as a local agricultural trade center. The 1990 census reported 645 residents living in the city and 792 in 2000.
Point is located at 32.9314°N -95.8708°W (32.931512, –95.870957).[5] It is situated at the junction of U.S. Route 69 and Farm Roads 47 and 514 in northwestern Rains County, approximately eight miles northwest of Emory and sixty miles east of Dallas.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.78sqmi, of which 2.76sqmi is land.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Point has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[7]
| White (NH) | 632 | 84.83% | |
| Black or African American (NH) | 7 | 0.94% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 8 | 1.07% | |
| Asian (NH) | 3 | 0.4% | |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 3 | 0.4% | |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 25 | 3.36% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 8.99% | |
| Total | 745 |
The City of Point is served by the Rains Independent School District.