Paint Creek is an unincorporated community in southeast Haskell County, Texas, United States, in north central Texas.

Paint Creek is named after the nearby stream, which Stamford Dam impounds 8 miles to the east of the community to form Lake Stamford.

In 2011, press reports indicated Haskell County had a population of 5,899, down from about 14,000 in 1950.

[2] It is the hometown of 14th United States Secretary of Energy, former Governor of Texas and two time U.S. presidential candidate Rick Perry, who served as Texas's 47th governor and the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

The Paint Creek Independent School District serves area students.