Dougherty Texas Map
Dougherty, Rains County
Dougherty, Texas — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Dougherty, Rains County.
Interactive Map of Dougherty, Texas
| City | Dougherty |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Rains |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.955674 |
| Longitude | -95.769129 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
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: 79231.0.
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.
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About This Dougherty Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Dougherty, Texas with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Dougherty is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Dougherty is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
