Praesel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Milam County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 446.
It is located in the southwestern part of the county, bordered to the north by Rockdale. Farm-to-Market Road 487 runs through the center of the CDP, leading north into Rockdale and south to U.S. Route 77, which forms the eastern edge of the CDP. US-77 leads north to Cameron and south to Giddings. Austin is to the southwest, and College Station is to the east.
Praesel first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
It is in the Rockdale Independent School District.