Rising Star, Texas

About Rising Star

Rising Star is a tiny community in central Texas, home to 778 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Rising Star holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 1.73 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 450 residents per square mile.

📰 Rising Star News Today

• Schedule - Rising Star Wildcats (Rising Star, TX) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Oct 7
• Morriss Tiger Learning Center Earns Four-Star Texas Rising Star Certification Texarkana Today · Sep 2
• Could Wichita Falls become a rising star in the Texas booming film industry? Texomashomepage.com · Jul 23
• Rising Star Man Killed in Crash on US 83/84 ColemanTODAY.com · Sep 20
• Hazel Ladell Hamer Obituary (2026) - Rising Star, TX - Higginbotham Funeral Home - Cross Plains Legacy | Obituary · Aug 13

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What Makes Rising Star Unique

• The only place in America named Rising Star — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Rising Star

• Colquitt Williams Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Rising Star

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Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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