Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Wills Point, TX

Wills Point is named for William Wills, a settler who arrived in the area in the 1840s and ran a way station for travelers on the Dallas-Shreveport Road; his double log cabin, considered the oldest house in the territory, is preserved in Bruce Park.

The Wills Point post office was established on September 23, 1870, replacing stage-line mail delivery from Canton.

The town was officially laid out in 1873 at the highest elevation point between Fort Worth and New Orleans, the same year the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through the region.

Wills Point incorporated on July 21, 1884, becoming the first community in Van Zandt County to incorporate.

In an 1877 election, Wills Point voters tried to move the county seat from Canton — the measure won 705 to 523 but fell short of the required two-thirds majority.

Downtown Wills Point's streets were paved with red bricks in the 1920s and remain in use, and many of its original buildings are over one hundred years old.

Wills Point is the 'Bluebird Capital of Texas,' a title made official in 1995 after Audubon bird counts found more bluebirds there than anywhere else in Texas for eleven consecutive years; the city hosts a Bluebird Festival each April.

The Majestic Movie Theater opened in Wills Point in 1926 and stayed family-operated until it closed in 2010.

Wills Point is the final resting place of the Trailblazer, the first commercially operated monorail system in the United States, which ran at Dallas's Fair Park from 1956 to 1964; its car was rescued from a salvage yard and converted into a residence in Wills Point.

Wills Point is also called the 'Gateway to Tawakoni' for its access to Lake Tawakoni State Park.