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Nacogdoches County, Texas has 946.3 square miles of land area and is the 86th largest county in Texas by total area. Nacogdoches County, Texas is bordered by Angelina County, Texas, Shelby County, Texas, San Augustine County, Texas, Cherokee County, Texas, and Rusk County, Texas.

Nacogdoches is currently growing at a rate of 0.07% annually and its population has increased by 0.26% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 32,092 in 2020.

Once a Democratic stronghold, Nacogdoches has in recent years moved steadily toward the Republican Party, being represented in the United States Congress and the Texas State Legislature by Republicans.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Nacogdoches, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (49.8%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (26.4%), White (Hispanic) (9.33%), Two+ (Hispanic) (6.17%), and Other (Hispanic) (2.97%).

Of the things most travelers associate with Texas -- oil, cattle, wheeler-dealers, independent nation status -- they all started in Nacogdoches. No one can write a history of Texas without Nacogdoches.

Georgetown grew at a rate of 10.6% between July 2022 and July 2023. It's the third year in a row that Georgetown has grown faster than any other city in the country. Kyle grew at a rate of 9.1%, while Leander ranks fourth nationwide, with a growth rate of 7.6%. Conroe and New Braunfels also appear in the top 10 list.

Considered to be the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches was founded in 1779 by Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo. This quaint little town is booming with history and stories from years past beginning with the Caddo Indians, who lived in the area before the Spanish, through the present day.

Sharing the oldest-town distinction in their respective states, Nacogdoches, Texas, and Natchitoches, Louisiana, are steeped in legend and linked by an ancient road. Their names are so whimsically similar — Nacogdoches in Texas and Natchitoches in Louisiana — and they're only about 100 miles apart.

Nacogdoches Reviews

It is a very quaint and beautiful small country town. There is not a whole lot to do, but it is easy to make do with what is offered here. The beautiful gardens from SFA that you can walk through, and the trees surrounding the town give the town a very beautiful and earthy glow to it.

It was named after its first gardeners, the Nacogdoches tribe of the Caddo Indians. Thirteen hundred years ago the Nacogdoches Indians lived on the high ground between the two full- flowing, spring-fed creeks. Their name, Nacogdoches, meant “from the place of the high ground” (some sources say “persimmon eaters”).