Greenville
Sign in to savecity 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
Article
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.