Josephine, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nevada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75164. The Survey maps it on the Josephine quadrangle. 2,119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJosephine grew from 812 to 2,119 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 | 812 | |
| 2020 | 2,119 | +1,307 (+161%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1930 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Josephine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
271 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Josephine between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,997 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 | 133 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15571 CR 543 - 11076947 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 697 & COUNTY LINE |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18654 CR 913 - 11075679 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438 |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Josephine in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Josephine | $20,000 | A public report included images of partial loss of roof decking, sporadic tree damage, and a small metal outbuilding destroyed just south of the city of Josephine. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Josephine | $12,000 | Broadcast media reported that several homes suffered shingle and fence damage in Josephine. The public reported that similar damage was also reported in the Magnolia Point neighborhood on the south side of Josephine. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Josephine | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Copeville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Millwood | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Farmersville | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Deep Water Point Estates | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Mesquite | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pebble Beach Sunset Acres | 7.8 miles | 11 |
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 Josephine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976003 | 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 1338883. 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.
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.




