{"id":7936,"date":"2023-09-15T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:48:07","slug":"fannin-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/fannin-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fannin County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fannin County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Oklahoma border about 70 miles northeast of Dallas. It had a population of 35,662 at the 2020 census, an estimated 39,265 by 2025, and covers 891 square miles (2,308 km2) of land centred near 33\u00b035\u2032N 96\u00b007\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Bonham is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its postal code is 75418. The county holds 9 cities, 4 incorporated towns and about 10 smaller unincorporated communities, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 48147.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Fannin County<\/h2>\n<p>Fannin County has 23 named places on record: 13 incorporated cities and towns and 10 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. Texas has no civil townships, so places sit directly under county government. Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no formal boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Bonham<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>10,408<\/td>\n<td>75418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leonard<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,987<\/td>\n<td>75452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Whitewright<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,725<\/td>\n<td>75491<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Honey Grove<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,715<\/td>\n<td>75446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trenton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>743<\/td>\n<td>75490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ector<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>737<\/td>\n<td>75439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Savoy<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>712<\/td>\n<td>75479<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ladonia<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>597<\/td>\n<td>75449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dodd City<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>369<\/td>\n<td>75438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bailey<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>220<\/td>\n<td>75413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windom<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>189<\/td>\n<td>75492<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pecan Gap<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>178<\/td>\n<td>75469<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ravenna<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>175<\/td>\n<td>75476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bug Tussle<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Duplex<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gober<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hilger<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ivanhoe<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75447<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mulberry<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Randolph<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telephone<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Warren<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Three places on this list straddle county lines, and their population figures above are citywide. Whitewright sits mostly in Grayson County, with only its eastern edge in Fannin. Pecan Gap lies mostly in Delta County. Trenton is the reverse: nearly all of it is in Fannin, with a small strip reaching into Grayson County. Two further names from older maps, Allens Point and Anthony, are ghost towns with no remaining community, so they are not counted here.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>75418 &mdash; Bonham (also serves Elwood, Mulberry and rural routes across central Fannin County)<\/li>\n<li>75452 &mdash; Leonard<\/li>\n<li>75446 &mdash; Honey Grove (also serves the Allens Point area)<\/li>\n<li>75490 &mdash; Trenton<\/li>\n<li>75479 &mdash; Savoy<\/li>\n<li>75438 &mdash; Dodd City<\/li>\n<li>75439 &mdash; Ector<\/li>\n<li>75447 &mdash; Ivanhoe (also serves Telephone-road communities in the north)<\/li>\n<li>75449 &mdash; Ladonia<\/li>\n<li>75476 &mdash; Ravenna<\/li>\n<li>75488 &mdash; Telephone<\/li>\n<li>75492 &mdash; Windom<\/li>\n<li>75413 &mdash; Bailey (PO box only)<\/li>\n<li>75443 &mdash; Gober (PO box only)<\/li>\n<li>75475 &mdash; Randolph (PO box only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bug Tussle, Duplex, Hilger and Warren have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is delivered under the nearest town&#8217;s code. Whitewright&#8217;s 75491 is administered from Grayson County and Pecan Gap&#8217;s 75469 from Delta County, so neither counts among Fannin County&#8217;s own 15 codes.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Fannin County lies in the Blackland Prairie of northeast Texas, a belt of gently rolling farmland between the Red River and the Dallas suburbs. The Red River forms the county&#8217;s entire northern boundary with Oklahoma. Of its 899 square miles, 891 are land and 8.0 are water, and the share of water is rising: Bois d&#8217;Arc Lake, a 16,641-acre reservoir northeast of Bonham, began filling in 2021 as the first major new reservoir built in Texas in about 30 years. Bois d&#8217;Arc Creek drains the county&#8217;s north toward the Red River, and the North Sulphur River rises along its southeastern edge near Ladonia. Caddo National Grassland, a unit of federal grassland north of Honey Grove, covers about 13,000 acres of the county&#8217;s northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan County, Oklahoma lies across the Red River to the north. In Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lamar-county-texas\/\">Lamar County<\/a> borders to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/delta-county-texas\/\">Delta County<\/a> to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hunt-county\/\">Hunt County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/collin-county\/\">Collin County<\/a> to the southwest and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/grayson-county-texas\/\">Grayson County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Fannin County counted 35,662 residents at the 2020 census, and the estimate had reached 39,265 by 2025 as growth spills over from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Bonham, with 10,408 people, holds close to a third of the county on its own; Leonard, Honey Grove and the Fannin side of Whitewright are the next largest communities. Median household income runs about $72,295, below the statewide Texas figure of $78,476. Population density works out to roughly 40 people per square mile of land, farm-country sparse for a county less than an hour and a half from Dallas.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, about 2,744 people, followed by construction at 1,565 and retail trade at 1,515, out of roughly 15,953 employed residents. Bonham anchors most institutional employment: the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, a VA hospital campus on the city&#8217;s east side, and the Buster Cole State Jail are two of the county&#8217;s largest single employers, alongside the county government and the Bonham school district. Cattle, hay, corn and wheat dominate the farmland that covers most of the county. Bois d&#8217;Arc Lake is reshaping the local economy: the North Texas Municipal Water District&#8217;s $1.6 billion project began delivering water in March 2023, and the lake opened to public boating and fishing in 2024, bringing lake-lot development and visitor spending to the Bonham and Honey Grove side of the county. Ladonia draws fossil hunters to the Ladonia Fossil Park on the North Sulphur River.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Congress of the Republic of Texas created Fannin County in 1837 from Red River County, and it was organized in 1838. It is named for James Fannin, the commander whose Texan garrison was killed in the Goliad Massacre of 1836 during the Texas Revolution. Bailey Inglish built the Fort Inglish blockhouse in 1837 at the settlement that became Bonham, itself renamed in 1843 for Alamo defender James Butler Bonham.<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s most famous resident was Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the US House of Representatives, who grew up near Windom and lived outside Bonham. His home is preserved as the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site, and he is buried in Bonham&#8217;s Willow Wild Cemetery. During the Second World War, Bonham hosted Jones Field, a primary flight training school, and a German prisoner-of-war camp. The county&#8217;s newest landmark is Bois d&#8217;Arc Lake, begun in 2018 and filled from 2021.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate crosses Fannin County. US 82 runs east-west through Bonham and Honey Grove, linking Sherman and Paris. US 69 clips the southwestern corner through Trenton and Leonard on its way from Greenville to Denison. SH 121 runs southwest from Bonham toward McKinney and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, and SH 78 runs north from Bonham to the Red River. SH 11, SH 34, SH 50 and SH 56 cover the county&#8217;s smaller towns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sherman &mdash; about 30 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Paris &mdash; about 35 miles east<\/li>\n<li>McKinney &mdash; about 45 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Dallas &mdash; about 70 miles southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, roughly 90 miles southwest, is the nearest major commercial airport. Jones Field on Bonham&#8217;s north side handles general aviation. Amtrak&#8217;s nearest station is Dallas Union Station, served by the Texas Eagle.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Fannin County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits on the Red River in northeast Texas, across from Oklahoma, bordered by Lamar, Delta, Hunt, Collin and Grayson counties and about 70 miles northeast of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Fannin County?<\/strong><br \/>\n35,662 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate of 39,265.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Fannin County?<\/strong><br \/>\n899 square miles in total, of which 891 square miles are land and 8.0 are water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Fannin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nBonham, founded at Fort Inglish in 1837, is the county seat and largest city with 10,408 residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Fannin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThirteen incorporated places &mdash; led by Bonham, Leonard, Whitewright (partly), Honey Grove and Trenton &mdash; plus about ten unincorporated communities, including Bug Tussle, Ivanhoe, Telephone and Gober.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Fannin County use?<\/strong><br \/>\nFifteen codes, from 75413 to 75492: 75418 for Bonham, 75452 for Leonard, 75446 for Honey Grove, 75490 for Trenton, plus town codes like 75438, 75439, 75449 and 75479 and PO-box codes 75413, 75443 and 75475.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Fannin County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Rayburn, the longest-serving US House Speaker, whose house near Bonham is a state historic site; Bois d&#8217;Arc Lake, the first major new Texas reservoir in about 30 years; and the memorably named hamlet of Bug Tussle.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/texas\/\">Towns and villages in Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fannin County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Oklahoma border about 70 miles northeast of Dallas. It had a population of 35,662 at the 2020 census, an estimated 39,265 by 2025, and covers 891 square miles (2,308 km2) of land centred near 33\u00b035\u2032N 96\u00b007\u2032W. 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