Die Stadt liegt im Nordosten von Texas, an der Kreuzung des U.S. Highway 69 mit dem U.S. Highway 80, rund 120 km östlich von Dallas.
Die kleine Stadt hat rund 5.000 Einwohner
Mineola is a city in Wood County, Texas, United States. It lies at the junction of U.S. highways 69 and 80, eighty miles east of Dallas in southwestern Wood County.
In 1989, Mineola became a designated Texas Main Street City and in 2000 was chosen as a National Main Street City by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Since its designation the program has produced the development of a strong, focused historic downtown district, with over eleven million dollars of investment made by private and public funds in the central business district.