Eureka, Navarro County, Texas

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CountryUnited States
Elevation341 ft (104 m)
FIPS code48-24816[3]
Eureka, Texas
Location of Eureka, Texas
Location of Eureka, Texas
Coordinates: 32°00′02″N 96°15′43″W / 32.00056°N 96.26194°W / 32.00056; -96.26194
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyNavarro
Area
  Total
2.46 sq mi (6.37 km2)
  Land2.39 sq mi (6.19 km2)
  Water0.069 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation341 ft (104 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
313
  Density131/sq mi (50.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code48-24816[3]
GNIS feature ID2410464[2]

Eureka is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 313 at the 2020 census.

The settlement developed around a log schoolhouse known as Dunn's School just before the Civil War. In 1870, residents applied for a post office, and at a Grange meeting decided on the name Eureka. That same year, a post office was opened in the home of P. Anderson, and within a few years a small town grew up there. By 1885, Eureka reported several steam gristmills and cotton gins, two churches, a district school, and an estimated population of twenty-five.[citation needed]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (3.33%) is water.

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