Emory, Texas
city in and county seat of Rains County, Texas, United States
Emory is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Emory had a population of 1,251. It is the county seat of Rains County. Previously known as Springville, the city and county are named after Emory Rains, who was a legislator from the area. Rains was the author of the Homestead Law of Texas, which was later used as a model for the protection of homesteads throughout the United States. Special legislation passed to create Rains County called for the citizens to vote on the location of the county seat and for that selected town to be named Emory.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.98 sq mi (5.1 km2), of which 0.02 sq mi is covered by water.
Emory is located between two of Texas' most popular lakes: Lake Tawakoni to its west and Lake Fork Reservoir to its east.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Emory has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Emory, Texas” as city in and county seat of Rains County, Texas, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in and county seat of Rains County, Texas, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q965101. VIAF identifies the subject as 133854516. The Library of Congress control number is n95078058. Authority coordinates are 32.877, -95.766. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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