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Texas Certified Retirement Community
Ready to begin life anew? Nestled within the rolling hills of Texas Forest Country, Nacogdoches offers southern hospitalityNacogdoches was one of the first three communities in Texas to be recognized as a Certified Retirement Community. This state program recognizes communities with exemplary ratings in several areas important to retirees, including housing, safety, employment opportunities, healthcare services, transportation, continuing education, recreation, cultural events, sports, community services and spiritual enrichment.
Nacogdoches provides the services and activities retirees demand — such as state-of-the-art recreational centers and high-tech medical facilities — while retaining the hometown friendliness and natural beauty so many retirees desire. Close proximity to two of the South’s most famous bass fishing lakes — Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend — makes Nacogdoches a prime recreation hotspot. Surrounded by abundant lakes and tall pine and hardwood forests, residents of Nacogdoches County have the opportunity to choose from an array of leisure, educational and recreational activities.
The GO TEXAN Certified Retirement Community Program is a certification and promotion program provided by the Texas Department of Agriculture. To become a certified retirement community, each community must complete a rigorous application process including a retiree desirability assessment. Each application is reviewed and scored by an independent advisory committee comprised of volunteers who are experienced in various aspects of community and economic development.
The GO TEXAN stamp of approval ensures each certified community has demonstrated through its application that it can meet the living, employment/volunteer, health, entertainment, education and safety needs of its citizens and visitors – all the things that make Texas a great place to retire.
Facts and Information about Nacogdoches, Texas
Nacogdoches County (pop. approx. 61,079) is located deep in Texas Forest Country. Nacogdoches (pop. approx. 31,135), the largest city in the county, is the home of Stephen F. Austin State University (Fall 2009 enrollment: 12,845).
Primary industries are agriculture (poultry, timber, cattle, grain and dairy products), manufacturing (feed & fertilizer, valves, business forms, transformers, bricks, motor homes, poultry processing and sealing components), oil & gas, education and tourism.
Nacogdoches has a rich historical background, dating back to the establishment of Spanish missions in 1721-22. Area history has been celebrated and protected throughout the years, resulting in the preservation of many precious homes and landmarks.
Major communities in Nacogdoches County include Garrison (pop. 853), Cushing (pop. 658), Appleby (pop. 451) and Chireno (pop. 412). Other communities include Central Heights, Douglass, Etoile, Martinsville and Woden.