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Tool is located in northwestern Henderson County> on the west side of Cedar Creek Lake. Texas State Highway 274 is the main road through the city, leading northwest 4 miles (6 km) to Seven Points and southeast 9 miles (14 km) to Trinidad. Athens, the Henderson county seat, is 24 miles (39 km) by road to the southeast of Tool.
State Highway 274 (SH 274) is a Texas state highway that runs from Kemp south to Trinidad along the western side of Cedar Creek Reservoir. The route was designated on August 1, 1938 along its current route.
A small part of the city extends north along Seven Points Road (Texas State Highway 274) into Kaufman County. Highway 274 leads north 9 miles (14 km) to Kemp and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Trinidad. Texas State Highway 334 (East Cedar Creek Parkway) leads east from Seven Points across Cedar Creek Reservoir 4 miles (6 km) to Gun Barrel City.
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A previous route numbered Loop 274 was designated in Hale County on May 22, 1958, as a loop off US 87 (now I-27) around the west side of Plainview. Loop 274 was cancelled on January 31, 1967, and replaced by US 87 when that route was rerouted; the original route of US 87 became Loop 445, which is now Business I-27.
Texas State Highway 274 leads north from Trinidad up the west side of Cedar Creek Reservoir 23 miles (37 km) to Kemp. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39.2 km 2 ), of which 0.2 square miles (0.6 km 2 ), or 1.47%, is covered by water.
The community lies nearby the western front of the Cedar Creek Reservoir, on the Texas State Highway 274, between the cities of Tool and Trinidad. It has a cemetery and a church in the east. It has a cemetery and a church in the east.
The community was named for Sara Kemp, mother of Levi Noble, the first postmaster, and was officially established when the post office opened in 1851. The original townsite was located on present-day County Road 4023, 2 miles (3 km) south of present-day Texas State Highway 274. It grew slowly during its first thirty years.