Elkhart, Texas
Set in the Piney Woods of East Texas, Elkhart is a small town in Anderson County roughly 52 miles southwest of Tyler. It lies in a landscape of pine and hardwood forest and rural farmland typical of the region. The town serves as a trade point for the surrounding countryside south of Palestine.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- Town
- July 2025 population
- 1,265
- Change from 2020 base
- -2.2%
- Land area
- 1.5 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Anderson County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Anderson County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Elkhart
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Elkhart.
County history
Anderson County Was Named for a Vice President Who Never Saw It Formed
Kenneth Lewis Anderson presided over Texas's annexation vote, left the session sick, and died at Fanthorp Inn. Months later, lawmakers gave his name to a new East Texas county.
Property tax
Two Offices Handle Your Property Taxes in Anderson County
Your property's value gets decided at one Palestine office and your tax bill comes from another a few blocks away, two independent offices that surprise a lot of new owners.
History / Economy
The Railroad Gave Palestine a Second Downtown
When railroad tracks, shops, and offices rose away from Palestine's courthouse, businesses followed and created the district still remembered as New Town.
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