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Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. [1] Its county seat is Decatur. [2] Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Wise County was established in 1856, and Taylorsville (in honor of Zachary Taylor) was made the county seat.. Absalom Bishop, an early settler and member of the Texas Legislature, opposed naming the town after a Whig Party member, and in 1858, arranged to have the name changed to Decatur, in honor of naval hero Stephen Decatur.
Location of Wise County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wise County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wise County, Texas. There are six properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Wise County: 497: Decatur: 1856: Cooke County: Henry Alexander Wise, the U.S. Congressman and future thirty-eighth governor of Virginia (1856–1860) who supported the annexation of Texas: 78,097: 905 sq mi (2,344 km 2) Wood County: 499: Quitman: 1850: Van Zandt County: George Tyler Wood, the second governor of Texas (1847–1849) 47,921: 650 ...
Map of Alvord in 1890. Coordinates: Country: United States: State: Texas ... Alvord is a town in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,351 in 2020. [5]
Wise County officials are concerned that a proposed construction waste landfill planned for a a rapidly growing near Boyd and Aurora could affect the West Fork of the Trinity River, a major water ...
Location of Paradise, Texas. Coordinates: Country: United States: State: Texas ... Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 in ...
Greenwood is an unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas, United States. [1] History. Pioneer settlers came to this area as early as the 1850s. Local tradition ...