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Also known as Greenville, Texas, Greenville, TX

city in Hunt County, Texas, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Texas
County
Hunt
Incorporated
April 13, 1852 (174 years ago) ( 1852-04-13 )
Named after
Thomas J. Green
Type
Council-Manager
City council
Mayor Jerry Ransom , Place 1 Ramon Rodriguez , Place 2 Thomas J Goss , Place 3 Philip Spencer , Place 4 Tim Kruse , Place 5 Ben Collins , Place 6 Kenneth Freeman
City manager
Summer Spurlock
Total
33.11 sq mi (85.75 km )
Land
32.29 sq mi (83.62 km )
Water
0.82 sq mi (2.12 km )
Elevation
564 ft (172 m)
Estimate 2025
37,069
Density
872.3/sq mi (336.8/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst
UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip codes
75401–75404
Area codes
903, 430

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
county seat
Official name
Greenville
Located in
Hunt County
Population
28164
Area
86.644595
Elevation
165
Capital of
Hunt County
Official website
www.ci.greenville.tx.us
Image
Greenville August 2015 28 (Lee Street).jpg
Households
10454
Dialing code
430
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Commons category
Greenville, Texas
postal code
75404
Commons gallery
Greenville, Texas
inception
1846-01-01
category of associated people
Category:People from Greenville, Texas
water as percent of area
2.4628
different from
Greenville
per capita income
24442
native label
Greenville
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Encyclopedic overview

Greenville ( locally /ˈɡriːnvəl/ GREEN-vəl) is the county seat of and the most populous city in Hunt County, Texas, United States. As the "Gateway to East Texas", Greenville is located in Northeast Texas approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Dallas and 30 miles (48 km) west of Sulphur Springs. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,164.

Greenville was named for Thomas J. Green, a significant contributor to the founding of the Texas Republic.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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