Texas Rural Fence has built wood, metal, and farm & ranch fencing across the Lake Livingston area for more than two decades, dispatched from our home base in Onalaska, TX. From a backyard privacy fence to a working ranch corral, we build the kind of fence that's still standing — and still doing its job — years after we leave the property.
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We've been building fencing around Lake Livingston for more than 20 years, dispatched from our home base in Onalaska rather than a call center somewhere else in Texas. That matters in ways that are easy to overlook until you actually need them — faster scheduling, a crew that already knows the difference between a lakefront lot in a deed-restricted subdivision and a rural property outside city limits, and accountability that's harder to walk away from when you're part of the same community you're building in.
Over two decades, we've built nearly every kind of fence this region actually needs: board-on-board privacy fencing for lakefront backyards, chain link and ornamental steel for residential and commercial security, and corral, cross-buck, and barb wire fencing for the working ranches and rural acreage that surround the lake. That range is intentional — a fence company that only knows one style ends up recommending that style regardless of whether it actually fits your property.
Being a local, independently run company rather than a franchise or a regional chain also shapes how we actually run a job. There's no corporate script dictating which material we recommend or how a quote gets structured — every recommendation comes from what we've actually seen work on properties like yours, built up over two decades of direct experience in this specific region rather than a standardized playbook written for a national market that doesn't account for East Texas clay, Gulf-driven storm seasons, or the particular mix of lakefront and rural land that defines this area.
Every fence project starts with the same free, no-obligation estimate, regardless of which style fits your property. Explore our core fencing categories below, or reach out directly if you're not sure which one applies to your situation.
Privacy, picket, split-rail, horizontal, and lattice screen fencing.
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Chain link, ornamental steel, and aluminum fencing.
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Corral, cross-buck, and barb wire fencing for working land.
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Driveway gates and walk gates, with automatic opener options.
Explore Gates →What sets us apart from other fence contractors working this region usually comes down to two things: how long we've actually been doing this, and how much of the area we genuinely cover. Over 20 years in business means we've built through enough storm seasons, enough soil types, and enough property quirks to know what actually holds up here, not just what looks good on day one. And because we serve the full Lake Livingston region rather than a single town, we bring the same standard of work whether you're in Onalaska, Livingston, Coldspring, or one of the smaller surrounding communities.
We also believe in being straightforward rather than oversized in how we talk about our own work. We won't promise a fence will last forever, and we won't quote you a generic per-foot price before we've actually walked your property — both of those are the kind of overpromising that tends to lead to disappointed customers down the line. What we will do is walk your land, talk through what you actually need the fence to do, and give you a written, accurate estimate before any post goes in the ground.
Twenty years is long enough to have built fencing through several different chapters of how this area has grown. We've watched lakefront subdivisions develop and expand around Onalaska and the rest of the Lake Livingston shoreline, and we've kept building farm and ranch fencing on the working land that surrounds those same communities the entire time — this region has never been just one thing, and neither has our work here. That long view matters in practical ways: we know which fence styles have actually held up over fifteen or twenty years in this specific climate and soil, not just which ones look good in a catalog photo.
It also means we've built a real reputation here, one property at a time, rather than arriving as an outside crew chasing a single large contract. Most of our new customers come from a referral — a neighbor, a friend, someone who saw a fence we built and asked who built it. That's the kind of growth that only comes from consistently doing the work right, and it's the standard we hold every project to, whether it's a small backyard gate repair or a multi-acre ranch perimeter.
Regardless of fence style or property size, every project we take on follows the same basic process. We start with a property walk and a real conversation about what you need the fence to actually do — mark a boundary, provide privacy, contain livestock, secure a pool, or some combination of those. From there, we provide a written estimate with the specifics laid out clearly, so you know what you're getting before any work begins. Once a project is approved, the same crew sees it through from the first post to the final cleanup, rather than handing pieces of the job off to subcontractors we don't know well.
That consistency is part of why customers come back to us for a second or third project years later — a privacy fence around the backyard one year, a gate upgrade the next, farm fencing on a newly acquired piece of land after that. We'd rather build a long relationship with a property over years than treat every job as a one-time transaction.
We're based in Onalaska, but our service area extends across Polk and San Jacinto County and the surrounding Deep East Texas communities — Livingston, Coldspring, Point Blank, Shepherd, Huntsville, Trinity, Corrigan, Goodrich, Oakhurst, Cape Royale, and New Waverly. Wherever you are in this region, you get the same crew, the same estimate process, and the same attention to construction detail.
That regional reach is one of the things that genuinely sets us apart from a smaller operation that only works within a single town's limits. Lake Livingston connects this whole area more than county lines divide it — a lakefront property on the Polk County side and one on the San Jacinto County side often share more in common with each other than either does with a property an hour away in a different part of either county, and we built our service area around that regional reality rather than an arbitrary boundary.
If your property sits somewhere in this region that isn't named specifically above, reach out anyway — the towns listed reflect where we're currently most active, not a hard limit on where we'll travel for the right project.
How long has Texas Rural Fence been in business?
Over 20 years, building wood, metal, and farm and ranch fencing across the Lake Livingston area, dispatched from our home base in Onalaska, TX.
What areas do you serve?
We serve Polk and San Jacinto County and the surrounding Deep East Texas communities, including Onalaska, Livingston, Coldspring, Point Blank, Shepherd, Huntsville, Trinity, Corrigan, Goodrich, Oakhurst, Cape Royale, and New Waverly. See our full service area page for details.
What types of fencing do you build?
Wood fencing (privacy, picket, split-rail, horizontal, lattice), metal fencing (chain link, ornamental, aluminum), farm and ranch fencing (corral, cross-buck, barb wire), and driveway and walk gates.
How much does fence installation cost?
Pricing depends on fence style, total footage, terrain, and gate count, so we don't publish a flat price. We provide a free, no-obligation estimate so you get an accurate number for your specific property.
Do you offer free estimates?
Yes — we provide free, no-obligation estimates for every fence project across our entire Lake Livingston service area.
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#002347 | Navy panel from your logo |
| Accent Color (Red) | trf_color_accent |
#8C0021 | Barn-red panel from your logo |
| Background Color (Parchment) | trf_color_background |
#F2E4C9 | Aged-parchment cream behind logo text |
| Text Color | trf_color_text |
#0A0A0A | Near-black outline/distress texture in logo |
Where to find/edit them: Appearance → Customize → Theme Colors
