Rice TX

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

Old storefronts with a parapet in Rice, photographed in 2014

Local businesses

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Lately in Rice

2 October 2026154 years ago today, on October 2, 1872, Rice got its post office. There wasn't much town yet: a railroad station on open prairie, a store downstairs…

1 October 2026Major traffic backup northbound, 45 traffic is backed up from Rice city limits. All the way to FM 1126 and the traffic jams growing. Update traffic is…

30 September 2026The fire truck that comes when you call in Rice is more than likely being driven by somebody who was asleep in their own bed just minutes ago. All of…

24 September 2026Do you do business around here? We'd love to let the community know. Farm stands, eggs, produce and baked goods. Dog grooming, landscaping, fences, pa…

From the town's Facebook page.

What has gone on

Historic maps·Civic records

Getting things done in Rice

City Hall

Address305 N. Dallas Street, Rice, TX 75155

Phone903-326-7500

CouncilSecond Thursday of the month, 6 p.m., at City Hall.City of Rice

Elected officialsMayor Christi Campbell. Mayor Pro Tem Troy Foreman. Council Members Mike Butler, Anna Smith, Sarah Farley and Neil Chapman. The city's council page →the council's agenda for 25 August 2026

City staffCity Administrator Tonya Roberts. Police Chief Charles Parson. Court Administrator Mechelle Haston.the city's administration, police and municipal court pages

OpenMonday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.the city's administration page

City of Rice

Fire and emergency

EmergencyCall 911.

DepartmentRice Volunteer Fire Department Station and directions →

Community information last reviewed 17 September 2026.

For official city business: ricetx.gov.

The schools

Not Rice Consolidated ISD in Wharton County, which is a different district.

Rice ISD

1302 SW McKinney Street · 903-326-4287 · rice-isd.org

Watch games live on NFHS Network (subscription) →

Three campuses, prekindergarten through twelfth grade, about eleven hundred children.

The churches

First Baptist Church

201 Dallas Street · fbcrice.org

Call for service times.

What the town keeps going

The park, the volunteer fire department and the water supply corporation.

Mike Dickens Memorial Park

Walking trails, baseball fields, a concession stand and play areas.

City of Rice

Rice Volunteer Fire Department

See the department's own page.

The city's Fall Festival and street dance is its fundraiser.

the department's own page

Rice Water Supply & Sewer Service Corporation

200 E. Calhoun, Rice, TX 75155 · 903-326-5551

A separate corporation from the city; the city does not run the water.

Rice Water Supply & Sewer Service Corporation

The year

Dates change year to year. City Hall has this year's.

Easter in the Park

Fourth of July fireworks

Fall Festival and street dance

Raises money for the volunteer fire department.

Christmas tree lighting downtown

From the record

Field Note 010Five hundred acres and a name

All field notes →

Civic records: Postmasters since 1971 · Mayors on record →

Historical markers here: First Baptist Church of Rice · Haynie Memorial Methodist Church · Rice · Rice Cemetery · The Fortson Family

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

Rice 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.

Energy and data-center projects →