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Kerens, Texas

Kerens TX

What is going on in Kerens, and what has gone on.

A Trade Day crowd in downtown Kerens, with a wagon in the foreground and a flag on the brick block
Trade Day in Kerens. Undated.
Local businesses
Businesses in Kerens·List your business, free
Lately in Kerens
22 September 2026EDC Agenda 2026-09-28.pdf

From the town's Facebook page.

What has gone on
Historic maps·Civic records

Getting things done in Kerens

City Hall
Address101 S. Colket Avenue · P.O. Box 160, Kerens, TX 75144
Phone903-396-2971
Fax903-396-7265
Email[email protected]
OpenMonday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Councilfirst Tuesday after the fifth of the month, 7 p.m., at City HallCity of Kerens
Elected officialsMayor Jeffrey Saunders. Mayor Pro Tem Bryant Jennings. Council Members Kaitlyn Cotten, Lance Horner, Lance Kamp and Sue Kasemeyer. The city's council page →the city's council page
City staffPolice Chief Roy Ivey.the city's police department page
Water or sewer emergency903-879-3321
Police, not an emergency903-654-3001

City of Kerens
Fire and emergency
EmergencyCall 911.
DepartmentKerens Volunteer Fire Department Station and directions →

Community information last reviewed 17 September 2026.

For official city business: ci.kerens.tx.us.

The schools

Kerens ISD
200 Bobcat Lane · 903-396-2924 · kerensisd.org
Watch games live on NFHS Network (subscription) →
Two campuses, elementary and secondary, on one address.

The churches

Kerens Cowboy Church
13009 E. State Highway 31 · kerenscowboychurch.org
Service times
Sundayworship 10:30 a.m.
Kerens Church of Christ
111 SW Third Street · kerenschurchofchrist.com
Service times
SundayBible class 9:30 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday6:30 p.m.

What the town keeps going

The library, the memorial, the ex-students association, the chamber and the lake.
Kerens Library
903-396-2665
Kerens Veterans Memorial
903-875-4388
Kerens Ex-Student Association
903-879-2760
Kerens Volunteer Fire Department
See the department's own page.
the department's own page
Kerens Chamber of Commerce
101 S. Colket Avenue · 903-396-2971
Shares City Hall's address and number.
City of Kerens
Richland-Chambers Reservoir
South of town, 41,356 acres, the third largest inland reservoir in Texas.
More
The dam closed in July 1987 and it had filled by May 1989. Built and run by the Tarrant Regional Water District.
published record

City of Kerens

The year

Dates change year to year. The Chamber of Commerce has this year's.
Chamber banquet
City-wide garage sale
Rabies clinic
Barbecue cook-off
Fourth of July
Homecoming
Christmas lighting contest
Christmas in the Park

From the record

Field Note 008The forks of the creek
All field notes →
Civic records: Postmasters since 1947 · Mayors on record →

Historical markers here: Josiah Martin Daniel · Kerens · Kerens Presbyterian Church · Long Prairie Cemetery · Park High School · Prairie Point Church and Cemetery · Rural Shade

All 171 markers in Navarro County and Hubbard, on a map →

Kerens is one of six towns on Blackland TX, the record of five small towns in Navarro County and one across the Hill County line, and of the crossroads between them.

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