Poynor, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the LaRue-Poynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75782. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poynor quadrangle. 287 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPoynor fell from 305 to 287 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 | 305 | |
| 2020 | 287 | -18 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Poynor quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Poynor between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,363 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7101 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS FIRE |
| 23 September 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 560 |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 114 |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 454 |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Poynor: 1 occurrence. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poynor Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poynor in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Poynor | $2,000,000 | At least two dozen houses were damaged in Poynor Friday night as a tornado ripped through the community. Dozens of sheds, barns, and storage units were demolished. Significant damage to roofs and garages occurred at residences, while dozens of fences and trees were blown down. At least one home was considered a total loss. A metal support beam from a destroyed storage unit was driven through a truck, and the truck was then rolled onto its side by the strong winds. Numerous other vehicles were rolled and damaged by debris. In addition, houses which had portions of their roofs removed sustained heavy water damage from the rainfall following the tornado. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Poynor | $7,000 | Broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in Berryville. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poynor | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported that a 3-inch diameter tree and a few power poles were blown down in the city of Poyner, TX. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poynor | $1,000 | Several large trees were damaged by thunderstorm winds on a property in the Poynor area. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Poynor | - | One inch hail fell near Poynor. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Poynor | - | Baseball size hail reported. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Poynor | - | Water was reported over Highway 315, north of Poyner. The water came from thunderstorms in the area. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poynor | - | Strong winds blew down a tree. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Poynor | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Poynor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fincastle | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| LaRue | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Coffee City | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Berryville | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| New York | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Moore Station | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sunrise Shores | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Baxter | 10.3 miles | 15 |
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 Poynor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975145 | 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 1344473. 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.






