These are not Old West wagon trails, however; the town did not exist until nearby Cedar Creek Reservoir was built in the 1960s, and was not incorporated until the 1970s.

A small part of the city extends north along Seven Points Road (Texas State Highway 274) into Kaufman County.

Athens, the Henderson county seat, is 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Seven Points.

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,370 people, 532 households, and 384 families residing in the city.

Below is a chart with a four-year history of fines collected by Seven Points and three surrounding cities:[9][10][11][12][13]