Texas · Census place 4854432

Overton, Texas

Overton is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 2,305 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 565th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,305
#565 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+28 people
Land area
6.7 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
344 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Overton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Overton population, 2020 to 2024

Overton added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

2,27720202,28320212,28220222,30620232,3052024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,276. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Overton covers 6.70 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 344 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Overton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Overton spans

Overton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,305 residents as follows; Rusk County holds 92.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Rusk County2,140
  2. 02Smith County165
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Overton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Overton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75684. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Overton is

The Census internal point of Overton is at 32.275600, -94.972500. Austin, the capital, is 214.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kilgore, TX (13,583 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 19.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.275600, -94.972500
DMS
32°16'32.16"N 94°58'21.00"W
UTM
15N 314230.4E 3572692.5N
Geohash
9vsrwge4u
Plus code
864772GH+62

Daylight in Overton

At 32.28° N, Overton gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Overton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kilgore, 10.6 miles away, with 13,583 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Overton, TX?

2,305 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (1.2%) from 2,277 in July 2020.

What county is Overton in?

It spans 2 counties: Rusk County (2,140 residents), Smith County (165 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Overton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75684.

How far is Overton from Austin?

214.1 miles (344.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Overton.

What is the nearest larger city to Overton?

Kilgore, TX, with 13,583 residents, 10.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.