Wise County
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Wise County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is notable as part of Texas's county system of local government and administration.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Henry Alexander Wise
- Seat
- Decatur
- Largest city
- Decatur
- Total
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 904 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 83,778
- Density
- 75.9/sq mi (29.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 13th , 26th
Article
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area. Its Wise Eyes crime-watch program, eventually adopted by mostly rural counties in several states, was started in 1993 by then-Sheriff Phil Ryan.
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