Dougherty Texas Map

About Dougherty, Texas

Dougherty is a locality in Rains County, Texas, United States. Dougherty is located at 32.9557°N, 95.7691°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79231.

Dougherty lies low in the East Texas landscape, a place where the earth exhales a humid breath and the sky feels vast, often a bruised lavender at dusk. It lies 23.5 miles east-south-east of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 122°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north of Emory. The terrain here is a gentle rolling, a tapestry of scrub oak and pine, interspersed with fields that lie fallow for long stretches, their dry stalks whispering in the breeze. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to hold the very stillness of the place. Ponds, often more like wide ditches filled with murky water, dot the fields, reflecting the immense sky and the occasional heron standing sentinel, its patience a mirror to the slow, deliberate pulse of Dougherty. The history of Dougherty is etched not in grand monuments but in the weathered planks of its few remaining structures and the stories passed down like heirlooms. This was a place that drew its lifeblood from the land, a time when cotton fields stretched to the horizon and the rhythm of the seasons dictated the lives of its inhabitants. Though the agricultural roots run deep, the local economy now leans more on the quiet persistence of small businesses and the steady flow of traffic on the nearby highways, a testament to the resilience of those who call Dougherty home. There's a palpable sense of enduring, a quiet strength in the way the community carries its past without being burdened by it, a subtle acknowledgment of the lives that have bloomed and faded on this particular patch of Texas soil.

About This Dougherty Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dougherty, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.955674, -95.769129. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Dougherty and Rains County.

Detailed location data for Dougherty includes the ZIP code (75440), telephone area code (972, 469, 806), county seat of Rains County (Emory), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Dougherty is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.