Rains County, Texas Records

Rains County, Texas (Map It) was created on June 9, 1870 from Hopkins County, Hunt County and Wood County. This county was named for Emory Rains (1800–1878), a state senator and surveyor of the future county .

Rains County is bordered by Hopkins County (north), Wood County (east), Van Zandt County (southwest), Hunt County (northwest).

Rains County Cities and Towns include Alba, East Tawakoni, Emory, Point..

A Map of Rains County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

Rains County, Texas Courthouse Records

The Rains County Courthouse is located in Emory, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Rains county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

Courthouse, built in 1871, burned; All county records were destroyed. Courthouse, built in 1884, burned. County records were save in a fireproof vault.

• Rains County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1879, Land Records from 1870, Probate Records from 1880 and Court Records from 1880. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
• Rains County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax

Rains County, Texas Census Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Rains County, Texas Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
• Birth and Death Records: from 1903 to present.
• Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
• Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
• Locations: Texas Department of State Health Services
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111

Rains County, Texas Resources

• Rains Co. Records Available on Microfilm
• Rains County, Texas Message Boards

Rains County, Texas External Links

• Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
• Rains County, Texas Books - Amazon
• Rains Co., Texas - FindaGrave
• Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
• Rains Co., Texas Almanac
• Texas county histories : a bibliography
• Rains County History
• Rains County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
• Rains Co. TXGenweb
• Rains County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
• Texas General Land Office Map Collection
• Rains County, Texas Military Records