Hopkins County is a county in Texas, United States, centred on the city of Sulphur Springs in the northeast part of the state. It had a population of 36,787 at the 2020 census and covers 793 square miles (2,050 km2) centred near 33\u00b009\u2032N 95\u00b034\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Sulphur Springs is the county seat, and its postal code is 75482. The county has 2 incorporated cities, 2 incorporated towns, and a wide scatter of unincorporated communities. Hopkins County is in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Hopkins County has 4 incorporated places and more than 50 named unincorporated communities, most of them former farm and rail crossroads settlements. The table below marks incorporated cities and towns; everything else is unincorporated (CDP or Unincorp.).<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 15,941<\/td>\n | 75482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cumby<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 679<\/td>\n | 75433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Como<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 727<\/td>\n | 75431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tira<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 313<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dike<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | 1,078<\/td>\n | 75437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Addran<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arbala<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bethel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Birthright<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Black Oak<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bonanza<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Branom<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brashear<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brinker<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Divide<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Caney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Emblem<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Flora<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gafford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Good Neighbor<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greenpond<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greenview<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greenwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grubbe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harmony<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hatchetville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Humble<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Liberty<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mahoney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Martin Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Miller Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Morris Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nelta<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Birthright<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Hopkins<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oakdale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Overland<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palestine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Peerless<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pickton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pine Forest<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pine Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Posey<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reilly Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ridgeway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rockdale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saltillo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sandhill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Seymore<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shirley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sulphur Bluff<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tazewell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thermo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Union<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Weaver<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Weir<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Oak Junction<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Winterfield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old list carried “Shirley” and “Tira” twice each; the duplicates were dropped here. Everything else from the prior list is retained.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost small unincorporated communities without their own post office use the Sulphur Springs ZIP or the ZIP of the nearest listed town.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nHopkins County sits in the East Texas Piney Woods transition zone, gently rolling and heavily wooded in the east, opening into blackland pasture toward the west. Lake Sulphur Springs and Lake Fork Reservoir touch the county, and the South Sulphur River crosses it, feeding Cooper Lake to the west. Of the county’s 793 square miles, 26 square miles are water.<\/p>\n Hopkins County borders Delta County<\/a> to the north, Franklin County<\/a> to the east, Wood County<\/a> to the south, Rains County<\/a> to the southwest, and Hunt County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Hopkins County had 36,787 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 48 people per square mile. Sulphur Springs, the county seat, is by far the largest community with 15,941 residents — roughly 43% of the county’s population — followed distantly by Como (727) and Cumby (679). The rest of the county’s residents live in smaller towns and unincorporated communities. Median household income in Hopkins County runs below the Texas median of $75,780, consistent with the county’s rural, agriculture-based economy.<\/p>\n Hopkins County was long marketed as the “Dairy Capital of Texas,” and dairy farming remains part of the local economy even though the number of dairies fell sharply in the late 1990s. Poultry production, cattle ranching, and general agriculture round out the rural economy, alongside retail and services concentrated in Sulphur Springs. The Southwest Dairy Museum in Sulphur Springs preserves the county’s dairy heritage, and the annual Hopkins County Fall Festival draws visitors to the county seat.<\/p>\n Hopkins County was organized in 1846 and is named for the family of David Hopkins, an early settler in the area. Sulphur Springs grew around its namesake mineral springs and became the county seat and commercial center. The Sulphur Springs, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area is built around the county today.<\/p>\n Interstate 30 crosses the northern part of the county, with U.S. Highway 67 and State Highway 19 serving Sulphur Springs directly.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, about 90 miles to the southwest.<\/p>\n Where is Hopkins County, Texas?<\/strong> What is the population of Hopkins County?<\/strong> How big is Hopkins County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Hopkins County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Hopkins County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Hopkins County?<\/strong> |