East Tawakoni ( tə-WAH-kə-nee) is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 883 at the 2010 census. East Tawakoni is located upon the east side of Lake Tawakoni, while its twin city West Tawakoni is located on the west side of the lake.

East Tawakoni is located at 32°54′11″N 95°56′39″W / 32.90306°N 95.94417°W / 32.90306; -95.94417 (32.902922, –95.944247), along State Highway 276 in western Rains County. It is situated upon the eastern shore of Lake Tawakoni, nine miles west of Emory.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km), of which, 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (2.16%) is water.

Marketed as a relaxed rural community with simple access to Dallas, East Tawakoni was established on June 6, 1967 after an election in which 30 of 45 residents voted like-minded of incorporation. A mayor (Grady A. Whitehead) and five aldermen (Raymond Briggs, A.L. Williams, D.A. “Doc” Vincent, A.O. Murphrey, and T.E. Bell) were elected upon June 27, 1967. In a local unconventional election held upon February 6, 1968, residents voted 38–32 (54.3%–45.7%) in favor of selling alcoholic beverages. The have an effect on ended greater than 60 years of Rains County brute wholly “dry”. East Tawakoni had a population of 278 in 1970. That same year, a fire destroyed the city hall building and whatever of its records. City officials met in the garage of a local resident until a new building was constructed. The annexation of the Blue Heron Cove subdivision in 1986 doubled the size of East Tawakoni. By 1990, the city was house to 542 people. The population grew to 775 in 2000, a 43 percent increase higher than the 1990 figure.