For the county seat of Upton County, Texas

Upton County, Texas

Upton County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 3,404. Its county seat is Rankin. The county is named for two brothers: John C. and William F. Upton, both Colonels in the Confederate army....

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Rankin, Texas

Rankin is a city in Upton County, Texas, United States. The population was 800 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of the thinly populated county – in 2000, only 3,404 people lived in the entire county, and McCamey was the only larger town. It is named after F.E. Rankin, a local...

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Rankin is an unincorporated place in Ellis County, Texas

Ellis County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 111,360 people, 37,020 households, and 29,653 families residing in the county. The population density was 118 people per square mile . There were 39,071 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...

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United States

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. The population was 12 in the 2000 census. It was named for Frederick Harrison Rankin, who had settled on nearby Chambers Creek before 1874.

Geography

Rankin is located at 32°12′41"N 96°42′24"W (32.211494, -96.706638). It is approximately 15 miles southeast of Waxahachie on FM 984 near Gorman Rd.