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Evant began as Langford Cove, settled in 1855 by Asa Langford, who built a sawmill and general store there; its first post office, named Cove, opened in 1876 with Langford as postmaster.

In 1881, Alabama newcomer Evan T. Brooks donated 60 acres for a townsite, and in 1884 the community renamed itself Evant, a name combining Brooks's first name and middle initial.

By the 1890s Evant had three general stores, a hotel, a gristmill, and a cotton gin serving about 120 residents.

A one-room plank schoolhouse built for Evant in 1878 was replaced in 1888 by a stone building that, with additions, served the Evant Independent School District until 1976.

Evant reached its peak population of about 550 in the 1950s and formally incorporated in December 1976.

Evant had 455 residents at the 2020 census, up from 393 in 2000.

Evant straddles the Coryell and Hamilton county line, and the Coryell County portion lies within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

U.S. Highways 84 and 281 intersect on the north side of Evant, about 25 miles west of Gatesville, the Coryell County seat.

Evant is home to the Evant High School Elks and is served by the Evant Independent School District.

Evant lies in the service area of Central Texas College, the community college district for both Coryell and Hamilton counties.