LaRue, Texas

LaPoynor High School is a public high school located just outside the unincorporated community of Larue, Texas, USA and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is a part of the LaPoynor Independent School District located in southeastern Henderson County. After World War II, the schools in Larue and Poynor consolidated to form the LaPoynor Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Poynor is a town in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 305 at the 2010 census.

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

Fincastle is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

Leagueville is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

Lake Athens is a 1,799 acre reservoir located to the east of Athens, Texas in Henderson County. The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is located on the north shore of the lake. The lake is located in the Neches River Basin on Flat Creek (a tributary of the Neches River). It has a maximum depth of 50 feet.Lake Athens Dam has a length of 3,000 feet and a maximum height of 67 feet. The drainage area contained by the dam is 21.6 square miles.

Fosterville is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller suburban, exurban and rural counties south and east of Dallas, including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden, who won re-election in 2020 by defeating Democratic candidate Carolyn Salter.

Pine Grove is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.

Virginia Hill is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

KLVQ (1410 AM) is a terrestrial American radio station, relayed by an FM translator, and simulcast with sister station KNET in Palestine, Texas, broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Athens, Texas, United States, the station serves Henderson County. The station is owned and operated by High Plains Radio Network, through licensee HPRN Radio Network, LLC.. On December 30, 2016, Lake Country Radio filed to sell KLVQ, KCKL, and translator K233BE to Monte Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman's High Plains Radio Network for $250,000. The transfer of license was granted and consummation of the sale concluded on June 9, 2017.

Opelika is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.The community was known earlier as Wanda but was renamed by a settler from Opelika, Alabama. A post office was established in 1912. A poultry breeder, a cotton gin, a fruit-growers association, a general store, and a real estate office were reported in 1914. The earliest figures showed a population of fifty until after World War II, when the number dropped to twenty. After 1970, no census figures were given. The post office was closed in 1923. Public schools were reported in 1928 and 1929, and highway maps of the mid-1930s indicate a school, a church, and one business. In the 1930s the town was heavily involved in the oil industry. The Opelika oilfield is north of the townsite. Maps in 1983 and 1985 showed a church and a cemetery.