About Point, Texas

Point is a city in northwestern Rains County, situated where U.S. Highway 69 meets Farm Roads 47 and 514. It began around 1880 as a railroad flag station and post office on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas line between Mineola and Greenville. Its history includes agricultural organizing, public education, and growth connected with nearby Lake Tawakoni.

  • Farmers Union OriginsOn August 28, 1902, ten men led by newspaperman Isaac Newton Gresham signed a charter in Point establishing the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America.
  • County School FirstIn 1913, Point formed Rains County's first independent school district and constructed a two-story brick schoolhouse.
  • Lake Tawakoni NearbyIron Bridge Dam formed Lake Tawakoni in 1957, and the lake was only four miles from Point when it reached full extent in 1960.
  • City IncorporationPoint incorporated as a city in 1966, during a period of residential development near Lake Tawakoni.
  • 2020 PopulationThe 2020 census recorded 745 residents in Point.

Find your street

Names on the Point map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Streets and roads25

  • West US Highway 69
  • First Street
  • Fifth Street
  • Locust Street
  • FM 514
  • South First Street
  • Industrial Boulevard
  • North First Street
  • Rs County Road 4525
  • Avenue East
  • Smith Circle
  • Meadowview Lane
  • Rs County Road 4528
  • Second Street
  • Fourth Street
  • Rs County Road 1525
  • Third Street
  • Circle Drive
  • Elaine Street
  • Roberts Road
  • Romine Road
  • Rabe Addn
  • Katherine Street
  • Laresa Street
  • Westside Drive

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

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A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

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