Census Data for Bright Star

As far as we can tell, Bright Star has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Bright Star, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Alba
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
  • Alba is located in Wood County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alba <1>
• Emory
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
  • Emory is located in Rains County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emory <1>
• Yantis
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yantis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantis
  • Yantis is located in Wood County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yantis <1>
• Grand Saline
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Saline
  • Grand Saline is located in Van Zandt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Saline <1>
• Fruitvale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
  • Fruitvale is located in Van Zandt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <1>
• Point
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
  • Point is located in Rains County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point <1>
• Quitman
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
  • Quitman is located in Wood County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <1>
• East Tawakoni
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
  • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
• Edgewood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
  • Edgewood is located in Van Zandt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgewood <1>
• Mineola
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
  • Mineola is located in Wood County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineola <1>
• Como
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
  • Como is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <1>
• Lone Oak
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <1>
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  • West Tawakoni
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
    • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
  • Sulphur Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur Springs <1>
  • Van
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Van is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>

Rains County ...

Bright Star is located in Rains County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Rains County.

Miscellaneous Information for Bright Star ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Rains County or the community of Bright Star:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Bright Star:
  • GNIS ID for Bright Star: 1378048
  • GNIS ID for Rains County: 1383975
  • GNIS ID for State of Texas: 1779801

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 48 (Texas)
  • County Code: 379 (Rains County)
  • Place Code: 10300 (Bright Star)
  • State & County Code: 48/379 (Texas / Rains County)
  • State & Place Code: 48/10300 (Texas / Bright Star)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Bright Star is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Bright Star.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bright Star. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)