Discreet Biohazard Cleanup Near West Joaquin Joaquin, TX

Joaquin — pronounced whah-KEEN — is a small city in northeastern Shelby County in the Piney Woods of East Texas, sitting on U.S. Highway 84, a corridor planned as future Interstate 69.

Joaquin was founded in 1885 as a station on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway.

Landowner Benjamin Franklin Morris donated 100 acres for the townsite on the condition that a depot be built there, and the town was named for his grandson, Joaquin Morris.

A post office opened in Joaquin in 1886, and the town grew into a shipping point for cotton and lumber; by 1914 it had a sawmill, a bank, a cotton gin, and its own newspaper, the Plaindealer.

Joaquin was incorporated in 1940.

The development of Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River rejuvenated Joaquin in the late 20th century, and its population was estimated at 969 by 1988.

The 2020 census counted 734 residents in Joaquin living in 298 households.

Public education in Joaquin is provided by the Joaquin Independent School District.

Joaquin is the birthplace of Winston Hill, the professional football offensive tackle who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Shelby County's newspaper, The Light and Champion, marked its 140th year of operation in 2017 and serves Joaquin and the rest of the county.