Local city information for Emory, TX

Emory is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rains County. Previously known as Springville, the city is named after Emory Rains who was a great legislator from the area. Emory 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 renamed Emory.

Emory is located at (32.876773, -95.766404).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km²), all of it land.

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