History:

Josephine was established in 1888, when the tracks of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway reached the area. It was named in honor of the daughter of J. C. Hubbard of, who donated land to the Cotton Belt Railroad Company for the town site.

Another gentleman, Mr. Reed, also donated land for a community known as Reed's Chapel. Reed's Chapel was located two miles southeast of Josephine. It consisted of a Methodist Church and school (which occupied the same building), and a burial place now known as the Josephine Cemetery. That same year a post office was established. Josephine quickly became a retail market center for area farmers.
People followed cattle trails across the prairies on horseback and in covered wagons, to bring in supplies from Caddo Mills and Greenville, in Hunt County, and Terrell in Kaufman County. In 1889 the Cotton Belt passenger train ran through Josephine to Dallas. It took settlers to the first Dallas Fair.

The town's population increased from around 200 in 1900 to well over 500 by the mid-1920s. By 1930 the community had paved roads, electricity, a public school, a bank, and 15 businesses. The Great Depression, however, reduced the number of residents to 350 by 1940. Mechanization of farming and job opportunities in the Dallas area combined to decrease the population to just under 300 by 1960, but by 1982 it had increased to 416. In 2000 Josephine's population was reported as 600, and the town had expanded into Hunt County.