Minor racial makeup, very little population, and Irish ancestries are some of the characteristic of the community profile describing Rising Star in Eastland County. This municipality elevated more than 1625 feet above sea level has a total land area of 1.7 square miles and it is located less than 21 miles away from May, Cross Plains, Carbon, Cisco, and Lake Brownwood. This town was named thanks to a general belief of the local postmasters who used to see this corner of America as the "rising star country". With an estimated population of 850 inhabitants, this land is served by the zip code 76471 and the Rising Star High School located over North Main Street.