Sam Rayburn is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Jasper County,
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, United States. Its population was 1,273 as of the
2020 census.
Description
The community, which is also known as Rayburn Country, is located on the south shore of the
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a reservoir in the United States in Deep East Texas, north of Beaumont. The reservoir is fed by the Angelina River, the major tributary of the Neches River. The Reservoir is upstream of the Big Thicket National Preserv ...
at the junction of
Texas Recreational Road 255
Recreational Road 255 (RE 255) is a Recreational Road located in Tyler, Jasper, and Newton counties, in southeastern Texas, United States. The highway travels through mainly rural areas in the northern portion of the three counti ...
and
Farm to Market Road 1007. Sam Rayburn was founded in the 1970s after the formation of the reservoir; its main attraction is its country club, Rayburn Country.
Demographics
Sam Rayburn first appeared as a
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
2010 U.S. Census.
[
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,273 people, 429 households, and 315 families residing in the CDP.
]
Education
A portion of the CDP is in the Brookeland Independent School District and the other is in the Jasper Independent School District.[ ]
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See also
* List of census-designated places in Texas
This article lists census-designated places (CDPs) in the U.S. state of Texas. Census-designated places (CDPs) are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. The term "census designated place" ...
Notes
References
Census-designated places in Jasper County, Texas
Census-designated places in Texas
Populated places established in the 1970s
1970s establishments in Texas
Sam Rayburn
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