| Official Name: | Wills Point, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Nickname: | The Bluebird Capital of Texas |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Wills Point TX |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Van Zandt |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.53 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.49 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.68 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.67 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3747 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 532 |
| Coordinates: | 32.7058°N -95.9867°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 75169 |
| Area Code: | 903 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48-79564[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2412273 |
Wills Point is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,747 at the 2020 census.
Founded in 1873, Wills Point derives its name from an early American settler, William Wills, who had arrived in the area circa 1848.[3] Wills eventually purchased a cabin from Adam Sullivan in 1852. The name 'point' may also derive from the shape of the original timberline near the cabin, though there have been unsubstantiated arguments that the name relates to the area's elevation. The layout of the city was the work of engineer General Grenville M. Dodge of the California Construction Company. The downtown streets were laid with red bricks upon packed sand in the 1920s by locals and remain in use. Downtown Wills Point has many of its original buildings that are over one hundred years old including the Wills cabin, a drug store, a dry good store, and a law office. Governor George W. Bush officially named Wills Point the Bluebird Capital of Texas in 1995.
The Majestic Movie theater was opened in 1926 by Karl C. LyBrand and was still family operated by Karl C. Lybrand III until its closure on October 4, 2010. It had been the oldest continuously operated movie theater in Texas run by a single family.The Bruce & Human Drug Company, located on the corner of 4th Street and James, was built in 1879 and is the oldest family owned drug store in Texas.
Wills Point is also the final resting place for Trailblazer, the first commercially operated monorail system in the United States.
GFA World, a Christian missionary organization, is located seven miles outside the city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km), all 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, Wills Point has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.[4]
| White (NH) | 2,578 | 68.8% | |
| Black or African American (NH) | 409 | 10.92% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 14 | 0.37% | |
| Asian (NH) | 10 | 0.27% | |
| Pacific Islander (NH) | 3 | 0.08% | |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 11 | 0.29% | |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 150 | 4.0% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 572 | 15.27% | |
| Total | 3,747 |
Wills Point and the surrounding unincorporated areas are served by the Wills Point ISD. It is administered by Superintendent Scott Caloss. As of 2006, there are five schools: Wills Point Primary School (Pre-K through 1st grades), E.O. Woods Intermediate School (2nd–4th), Wills Point Middle School (5th–6th), Wills Point Jr. High (7th–8th), and Wills Point High School (9th–12th). The Wills Point High School Tigers football team won the 1A State Championship in 1965.
The city owns[6] Van Zandt County Regional Airport, which was known as Wills Point Municipal Airport prior to the 2007 approval of a major airport improvement project.[7]