Annona is a small town in Red River County, Texas, in the northeast corner of the state along U.S. Highway 82. It lies about eight miles southeast of Clarksville, the county seat, in a rural landscape of farms, pasture, and timber that typifies the region along the Texas-Arkansas line. The town traces its origins to the early 1870s, when a settlement took shape on the proposed route of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and a post office that opened in 1874 briefly carried the name Walker Station before the community became known as Annona. Annona covers less than a square mile and had a population of 184 at the 2020 census, making it one of the smaller incorporated towns in the county. Its small footprint and quiet streets give it a distinctly rural character, while U.S. Highway 82 provides a direct link to Clarksville for county government, shopping, and schools, and east toward the town of Avery. Students in Annona are served by the Clarksville Independent School District, which operates the schools that draw students from across the eastern part of Red River County. The surrounding countryside is farm and timber country, with the Sulphur River and Brevelle Lake among the nearby natural features that shape local recreation. For residents and newcomers, Annona offers the simplicity of a small East Texas town with a short commute to a county seat. Housing consists of modest single-family homes on in-town lots, with larger acreage, farmhouses, and timber tracts in the surrounding countryside. Nearby communities include Avery, De Kalb, and Bogata, while Clarksville anchors county services. Annona suits those seeking a quiet, low-density setting within reach of Clarksville and the broader Texarkana region.