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Nesbitt is a small incorporated town on State Highway 154, seven miles northwest of Marshall in western Harrison County, in the Piney Woods of East Texas.

Nesbitt was probably named for the Nesbitt family, who settled in the area around 1850, and the oldest grave in the Nesbitt cemetery dates to 1851.

By 1896 Nesbitt had its own voting box, and in 1904 the community supported five schools serving 256 Black pupils and one school serving 27 White pupils.

In the 1930s Nesbitt was a dispersed farming community with one business, two churches, two schools, and a scattering of dwellings.

In 1962 Nesbitt's landmarks included the Oak Haven Home and Nesbitt Baptist Church alongside its collection of houses.

Nesbitt began growing again in the late 1960s, possibly because of development of the nearby Petit oilfield, and the community incorporated around 1970.

The town's population was estimated at just 60 in 1972 but jumped to 270 by 1980, then fell to 141 by 1988 before rebounding to 327 in 1990 and 302 in 2000.

The 2020 census counted 273 residents in Nesbitt, down slightly from 281 in 2010, spread across the town's 1.8 square miles at about 156 people per square mile.

At the 2010 census, Nesbitt's residents lived in 114 occupied homes, averaging about two people per household.