East Tawakoni

History

Marketed as a relaxed rural community with easy access to Dallas, East Tawakoni was established on June 6, 1967, after an election in which 30 of 45 residents voted in favor of incorporation. A mayor (Grady A. Whitehead) and five aldermen (Raymond Briggs, A.L. Williams, D.A. "Doc" Vincent, A.O. Murphrey, and T.E. Bell) were elected on June 27, 1967. In a local option election held on February 6, 1968, residents voted 38–32 (54.3%–45.7%) in favor of selling alcoholic beverages. The move ended more than 60 years of Rains County being wholly "dry". East Tawakoni had a population of 278 in 1970. That same year, a fire destroyed the city hall building and all of its records. City officials met in the garage of a local resident until a new building was constructed. The annexation of the Blue Heron Cove subdivision in 1986 doubled the size of East Tawakoni. By 1990, the city was home to 542 people. The population grew to 775 in 2000, a 43 percent increase over the 1990 figure.

Geography

East Tawakoni is located along State Highway 276 in western Rains County. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Tawakoni, nine miles west of Emory. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (2.16%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,407
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,405
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,280
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,220
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,140
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  1,093
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,040
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  982

Most recent

• M 3 — 2017-08-25
  5 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
• M 2.8 — 2015-12-07
  2 km E of Irving, Texas
• M 2.6 — 2015-12-04
  6 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
• M 2.8 — 2015-12-03
  5 km NNE of Irving, Texas
• M 2.5 — 2015-10-29
  3 km NE of Irving, Texas
• M 2.7 — 2015-10-19
  5 km SSW of Farmers Branch, Texas