Garrison, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75946. The Survey maps it on the Garrison East quadrangle. 789 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGarrison fell from 895 to 789 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 | 895 | |
| 2020 | 789 | -106 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Timpson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Garrison East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 213 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3291 |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 301 |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6274 |
| 26 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 455 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garrison: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Acme Brick Company Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Garrison Plant & Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Garrison | $500,000 | The Garrison area of Northeast Nacogdoches County sustained significant wind and tornado damage related to a supercell thunderstorms that moved over this area. En EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 120-130 mph touched down southwest of Garrison along Highway 59, before moving through downtown Garrison. Several businesses along Highway 59 sustained roof damage, including what had once been a dentist's office, a bank, and an auto repair shop. The dentist's office was particularly hard hit, where EF-2 damage had occurred when a section of the roof was removed. The auto shop roof was lifted and deposited in the bank's parking lot. The auto shop also had two outer cinder block walls collapse as a result of the roof tearing off, which also indicated EF-2 damage. The tornado moved northeast along Highway 59 into extreme Southeast Rusk County, where sporadic trees were topped on both sides of the road. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $80,000 | Trees were blown over throughout the area including one across a home causing major damage. The wind also rolled a mobile home. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Garrison | - | Roads were flooded in Garrison. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Garrison | - | Nickel to quarter size hail reported. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | A large tree was blown down in a yard on Main Street in Garrison. Report from the KYTX Facebook page. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Trees were blown down in Garrison. Roofs were also damaged from several buildings near the Square. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Garrison | - | Golf Ball Size Hail reported in Garrison. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Garrison | - | Dime size hail was reported just north of Garrison, Texas. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Garrison | - | Golfball size hail was reported in Garrison, Texas. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Trees were downed south of Garrison blocking FM. 95. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Trees and powerlines were downed across several county roads in the northeast portion of Nacogdoches County. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Garrison | - | Hail was reported in the Garrison community. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Several large trees down. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Several large trees down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| August 1997 | Heavy Rain | Garrison | - | Observer reported 14.13 inches of rain at his home along FM138 in 24 hours. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Several trees and powerlines were toppled by high winds leading to power outages. Accidents were caused during the event including one car which hit a downed tree and a hay truck which jack-knifed trying to avoid hitting the car. No injuries were reported. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Garrison | - | The sheriff's office reported marble- to golf ball-size hail in Appleby and Garrison. A few minutes later the sheriff's office reported dime-size hail east of Nacogdoches and several trees down near Douglass. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Garrison | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Garrison | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitze | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Whispering Pines | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Holly Springs | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Point | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pisgah | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Appleby | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| North Redland | 10.9 miles | 12 |
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 Garrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977620 | 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 1373815. 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.






