 Neches lies at the juncture of U.S. Highway 79 as well as Farm to Market Roads 321 and 2574 along the Union Pacific Railroad, northeast of Palestine and from the Neches River in eastern Anderson County.The first school was built in the community in 1872, and another one appeared in 1884.A charter school called Stovall Academy was in operation three miles from Neches in 1866.