"The Little City with a Big Heart" is waiting for you with arms wide open in a corner of Rains County sharing borders with Grand Saline, Emory, Yantis, Quitman, Mineola, Fruitvale, Seymore, and Edgewood. Situated less than 70 miles away from Garland and Dallas; this municipality is attended by East Texas Medical Center Quitman, Cozby Germany Hospital, and Presbyterian Hospital of Winnsboro. Named from a derivation of Latin for white, this community formerly known as Albia and Simpkins Prairie was a coal mined territory in the early years of the 20th century.