Rains County, Texas
Emory Real Estate and Local Guide
Emory is the small county seat of Rains County in Northeast Texas, sitting on U.S. Highway 69 between Lake Tawakoni and the trophy-bass waters of Lake Fork Reservoir.
Living in Emory
Seat of Rains County, the fourth-smallest county in Texas by land area, positioned between Lake Tawakoni and Lake Fork Reservoir. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Emory
- About 47% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, with renters making up a little over half.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Emory home
Rains County Courthouse
1909 Neo-Classical Revival courthouse on the downtown square, rebuilt around a records vault that survived a 1908 fire
Emory Heritage Park
Open-air park of relocated early-1900s Rains County structures maintained by the county historical society, next to the public library
Lake Fork Reservoir
Reservoir east of Emory regarded as the premier trophy largemouth bass lake in Texas, source of most of the state's top-50 largest bass
Lake Tawakoni State Park
State park on Lake Tawakoni west of Emory offering camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, and birding