Gallatin, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rusk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75764. It stands on Little Turnpike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville East quadrangle. 321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGallatin fell from 419 to 321 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 419 | |
| 2020 | 321 | -98 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Jacksonville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
327 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Gallatin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,479 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 215 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1416 |
| 8 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1418 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1614 |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7 MILE HILL |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 204 @ 110 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 22 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 @ 204 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gallatin: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens State Bank | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Hudson Pit & Plant | Iron | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallatin in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | $10,000 | Numerous trees down in town including one through the roof a local church. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | - | Multiple trees and power lines were downed throughout Cherokee County. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Gallatin | - | Dime size hail reported in Gallatin, Texas. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | - | Trees downed on Cnty Rd 1313. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | - | Trees down across Hwy 22. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Gallatin | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Gallatin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980889 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336348. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






