Editing East Tawakoni, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = East Tawakoni, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City (Texas)|City]]
| image_skyline      = File:East Tawakoni September 2015 1 (City Hall and Civic Center).jpg
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| image_caption      = East Tawakoni City Hall and Civic Center
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| map_caption        = Location of East Tawakoni, Texas
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Rains County, Texas|Rains]]
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.75
| area_land_km2      = 4.62
| area_water_km2     = 0.13
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.83
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.78
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.05
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 824
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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| utc_offset_DST     = -5
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| elevation_ft       = 466
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| blank_info         = 48-22276<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2410390<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410390}}</ref>
| website            = [http://cityofeasttawakoni.com/ http://cityofeasttawakoni.com/]
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'''East Tawakoni''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|w|ɑː|k|ə|n|i}} {{respell|tə|WAH|kə|nee}}) is a city in [[Rains County, Texas]], United States. The population was 824 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. East Tawakoni is located on the east side of [[Lake Tawakoni]], while its twin city [[West Tawakoni, Texas|West Tawakoni]] is located on the west side of the lake.

==History==

Marketed as a relaxed rural community with easy access to [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], East Tawakoni was established on June 6, 1967, after an election in which 30 of 45 residents voted in favor of incorporation.<ref name="East Tawakoni History">{{cite web | url = http://www.ci.east-tawakoni.tx.us/ips/cms/cityinfo/historyofeasttawakoni.html | title = East Tawakoni History | work = | publisher = City of East Tawakoni | date =  | accessdate = 2009-08-17}}</ref> 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 county|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.<ref name="East Tawakoni History" /> By 1990, the city was home to 542 people. The population grew to 775 in 2000, a 43 percent increase over the 1990 figure.<ref name="Texas Handbook" />

==Geography==

East Tawakoni is located along [[Texas State Highway 276|State Highway 276]] in western Rains County. It is situated on the eastern shore of [[Lake Tawakoni]], nine miles west of [[Emory, Texas|Emory]].<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hle02 | title = East Tawakoni, Texas | work = | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | date =  | accessdate = 2009-08-17}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}}  (2.16%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1970 = 278
| 1980 = 404
| 1990 = 642
| 2000 = 775
| 2010 = 883
| 2020 = 824
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''East Tawakoni racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4822276&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|700
|84.95%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|7
|0.85%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|1.33%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|15
|1.82%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|2
|0.24%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|39
|4.73%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|50
|6.07%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''824'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 824 people, 305 households, and 183 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The City of East Tawakoni is served by the [[Rains Independent School District]].

==References==
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{{Rains County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Rains County, Texas]]