Panola County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Louisiana state line in the eastern part of the state. It had a population of 22,491 at the 2020 census and covers 821 square miles (2,130 km2) — 802 square miles land, 20 square miles water — centred near 32°10′N 94°19′W.<\/p>\n
Carthage is the county seat, and its postal code is 75633. The county has three incorporated communities — two cities and one town — plus a scatter of smaller unincorporated places and rural communities. Panola County observes Central time and has no civil townships; its land is organized directly into precincts.<\/p>\n
Panola County’s settled places range from Carthage, the seat and only sizeable city, down to small rural crossroads communities that never incorporated. The table below marks incorporated places as City or Town; everything else is Unincorp.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 6,569<\/td>\n | 75633<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beckville<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gary City<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tatum<\/td>\n | Unincorp. (partly Rusk County)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Antioch<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arbor<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bethany<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Buncome<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Centennial<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Center Point<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clayton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Daniels<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| De Berry<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Deadwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Delray<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dotson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fair Play<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Galloway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gary<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grand Bluff<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harris Chapel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holland Quarters<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Horton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hudson Mast<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Logan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Long Branch<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 75669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midyett<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Old Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Panola<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Ridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Riderville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| River Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shady Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sterrett Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Walnut Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woods<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Tatum straddles the Panola–Rusk county line, with most of its population and downtown on the Rusk County side; the Panola County portion is a small residential fringe. “Gary” and “Gary City” are the same community — the incorporated town is officially Gary City, and older maps and the old scrape carried both names as separate entries, which this list corrects to one row.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSmall crossroads communities such as Antioch, Bethany and Fair Play have no ZIP code of their own and use a neighbouring town’s.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nPanola County lies in the Piney Woods of East Texas, a gently rolling, heavily timbered landscape drained by the Sabine River, which forms part of the county’s southern edge, and by Murvaul Creek and Martin Creek, both dammed to form Lake Murvaul and Martin Creek Lake. Pine and hardwood forestry covers most of the county outside its towns.<\/p>\n Panola County borders Harrison County<\/a> to the north, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, to the northeast, De Soto Parish, Louisiana, to the east, Shelby County<\/a> to the south and Rusk County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Panola County had 22,491 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 28 people per square mile. Carthage, the county seat, is by far the largest community; Beckville is the county’s second incorporated place. Median household income in the county runs below the Texas median of $75,780, reflecting the area’s timber, agriculture and oil-and-gas economic base rather than the metro-driven incomes of Dallas or Houston-area counties.<\/p>\n Oil and natural gas production, timber and forest products, and cattle ranching drive the county economy, alongside Panola College, a public two-year college in Carthage founded in 1947. Carthage is also home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and the Tex Ritter Museum, reflecting the town’s identity as the birthplace of singer Tex Ritter and songwriter Jim Reeves’s adopted hometown; the annual Tex Ritter Days and the East Texas Poultry Festival draw visitors to the courthouse square.<\/p>\n Panola County was created in 1846 out of Harrison and Shelby counties. Its name comes from a Choctaw and Chickasaw word for cotton, a reminder that antebellum Panola County was built on cotton plantations worked by enslaved labor before the timber and oil economy took over in the 20th century. Carthage was named county seat at organization and has held that role continuously since.<\/p>\n US Highway 59 and US Highway 79 cross at Carthage, with State Highways 43, 149 and 315 and several Farm to Market roads reaching the county’s smaller communities.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Shreveport Regional Airport in Louisiana; East Texas Regional Airport near Longview also serves the area.<\/p>\n Where is Panola County, Texas?<\/strong> What is the population of Panola County?<\/strong> How big is Panola County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Panola County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Panola County?<\/strong> |