Wolfe City, Texas
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Wolfe City is a city in
Hunt County, Texas Hunt County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 99,956. Its county seat, seat of government is Greenville, Texas, Greenville. The county is named f ...
, United States, located at the intersection of State Highways 34 and 11. It is north of Greenville in north-central Hunt County, and was settled in the 1860s or 1870s, when J. Pinckney Wolfe built a mill near the banks of Oyster Creek. The population was 1,399 at the 2020 census, down from 1,412 at the 2010 census.


Geography

Wolfe City is located near the northern border of Hunt County. State Highway 34 runs through the center of town as Santa Fe Street, leading northeast to Honey Grove and south to Greenville, the Hunt
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. State Highway 11 crosses Highway 34 in the northern part of Wolfe City, and runs northwest to Whitewright and southeast to
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. According to the
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, Wolfe City has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.56%, is covered by water.


Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,399 people, 451 households, and 286 families residing in the city.


Education

Wolfe City is served by Wolfe City Independent School District.


Gallery

Old map-Wolfe City-1891.jpg, Map of Wolfe City in 1891 Wolfe City October 2015 01 (Wolfe City Public Library).jpg, Wolfe City Public Library Wolfe City October 2015 10 (City Hall).jpg, City Hall Wolfe City October 2015 12 (Martindale Feed Mill).jpg, Martindale Feed Mill


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External links


Wolfe City official website
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