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Located southwest of Tyler on Highway 155 is the community of Noonday, in Smith County. Settled in the 1860s, the town was granted a post office in 1880.
Lake Palestine lies to the west of Noonday, via Big Eddy Road, CR 1261. To the east of Noonday is the community of Gresham, via Saline Creek Road, CR168, and Flint via FM 2868.
The population of Noonday is listed at 777 residents. The Noonday Zip Code is 75762.
Noonday is well known for the "Noonday Onion" which is widely considered one of the sweetest onions available anywhere in the USA. An onion must be grown within a 10-mile radius of Noonday in order to be considered a "Noonday Onion".
Every year, growers compete for the sweetest onion at the Noonday Onion Championship in May. Onions are shipped across the nation to people who have tasted the sweet onions and only want those with the Noonday name. For more information, contact the Sweet Noonday Onion Growers Association, P.O. Box 157, Flint, TX 75762
Lake Palestine is located about 10 miles southwest of Noonday, on Texas Highway 155, and is the result of a dam on the Neches River. It has a surface area of 25,560 acres, and was completed in 1962. It is the largest lake in the Tyler area in addition to Lake Tyler.
 Welcome to the Towers ... at Pine Cove |
Lake Palestine offers something for everyone, with boating, skiing, and fishing all being popular activities. Close to Noonday and on the shores of Lake Palestine is the popular Pine Cove Christian
Camps, a large multi-venue facility offering both summer, and year-round, camping, retreats, conferences and outdoor education for youths and families. We've been associated with Pine Cove since the early 1990s, and still are in 2012!
 Noonday, Texas City Hall |
Noonday public services are concentrated in one building (see photo below), housing the Noonday City Hall, Noonday Community Center, and Noonday Library.
Several businesses are located in Noonday, such as the famous Noonday Store, located at the intersection of Highway 155 and Big Eddy Road (see photo below).
 Noonday Store |
We've stopped there for years for breakfast and lunch, for their hamburgers, prime steak meat market, fresh groceries, vegetables, groceries, cold drinks, and more ... plus gasoline and fresh flowers.
We love the Noonday Store! Call the Noonday Store at (903) 534-9498 for more information.
After success with their stores in Longview and Lindale, Hebert's Specialty Meats has opened a new location in Noonday at 16949 Texas Highway 155 South.
Our roots are in South Louisiana, so we appreciate Hebert's Cajun food market featuring Turduckens, Boneless Stuffed Chicken, Boneless Stuffed Turkey, Shrimp or Crawfish Etouffee, Boudin, Shrimp and Crab Stuffing, Andouille, Crawfish Pie, a variety of Green Onion Sausages, and much more.
Live crawfish are also available in season. And in 2012 we're ordering our live, by-the-sack crawfish from Hebert's ... click here to read more about Texas crawfish and ordering live crawfish in Tyler
We highly recommend Hebert's to all our friends that love genuine Cajun cooking and creations! For more details, visit www.hebertstexas.com, or phone 903-247-MEAT (6328)
Accommodations in nearby Tyler include a Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Select, Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Country Inn & Suites, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn, and others.
About 40 miles west of Noonday is Canton, home of the world famous First Monday Trade Days.
While visiting Noonday and the Tyler area, you may want to take other interesting day trips in several directions:
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Jacksonville - to the south of Tyler on U.S. 69
- Gladewater - antique capitol of East Texas
- Kilgore - home of the East Texas Oil Museum and Kilgore College
- Longview - historic buildings, shopping, restaurants
- Marshall - Marshall Pottery, Railroad Museum, more
- Lake Tyler - swimming, boating, fishing, skiing close-in to Tyler
- Lake Palestine - boating, fishing, swimming, marinas, waterfront restaurants
- Toledo Bend Reservoir - boating, fishing, swimming, marinas, hiking, camping, golf, resorts, restaurants
- Brenham - College Station - Blue Bell Creamery, Antique Rose Emporium, Bluebonnet Trails, Bed and Breakfasts, vineyards, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, more
- Bullard - just south of Tyler, home of wineries and the Freedom Museum
Noonday Texas City Hall, Community Center, and Library
Noonday Texas Veterans Monument, adjacent to City Hall
Noonday Texas Veterans Monument
"This monument is in memory of those who served our country
from the Noonday community"
The famous Noonday Store ... and its breakfast and hamburgers
Service station signs at antique store in Noonday, Texas
- Noonday RV Park
- Noonday Tractor and Auction
- Crawdaddy's Cajun Grill
- Dusty Rhoades Marine
- Noonday Feed Store
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