Frankston, Texas
Frankston is a town in Anderson County in the Piney Woods of East Texas, about 24 miles southwest of Tyler. It sits amid pine and hardwood forest near Lake Palestine, in a heavily wooded region where timber and rural farming have shaped the local landscape and economy.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- Town
- July 2025 population
- 1,133
- Change from 2020 base
- +0.8%
- Land area
- 2.5 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Anderson County and Henderson 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
Frankston crosses county lines, so the appraisal district and tax office depend on the parcel address. School, city-limit, MUD, PID, and other special-district lines can be different too. Start with the full county list below instead of treating one county as the answer.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Frankston
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Frankston.
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.
County History
The county name settled before the county seat did
Henderson County took its name from Texas's first governor in 1846, while its government was still moving from place to place.
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