Related Research Articles
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.
Boyd is a town in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,416 in 2020. It is 30 miles (48 km) northwest of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,923 in 2020. In 2009, Bridgeport was named by the Texas Legislature as the Stagecoach Capital of Texas.
Chico is a town in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 946 in 2020.
Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 in 2020.
Rhome is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,630 in 2020. It is also the home of Eli Miller.
Newark is a city in Tarrant and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,096 in 2020.
Texas' 26th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes rural Cooke County to the north and some of Wise County to the West and includes parts of Denton County, including Flower Mound, Lewisville and parts of Corinth, Carrollton, Little Elm and The Colony. The current Representative is Michael C. Burgess. The district is best known as the seat of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
Greenwood is an unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas, United States.
Slidell is an unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas, United States. Slidell was named for John Slidell, a 19th-century U.S. Senator and C.S.A. diplomat.
Medical City Denton, or Denton Regional, is a hospital operated by Hospital Corporation of America and is located at 3535 South Interstate 35, southeast of downtown Denton, Texas. It houses 208 beds, and employs more than 850 employees and 300 physicians. Denton Regional serves patients from Denton, Wise, Cooke and Montague Counties.
KBOC is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Bridgeport, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by Estrella Media and airs a Spanish AC radio format.
Leming is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 946. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leming has a post office with the ZIP code 78050.
Red Branch is an unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas, United States, near the Houston County line. Red Branch is located on Texas State Highway 19 16 miles (26 km) west of Groveton. Red Branch had a school, which opened before 1896 and was consolidated in 1938. By the 1990s, all that remained of the community were some dispersed homes.
Thompson is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States.
Catlett Creek is a creek in Wise County, Texas.
Balsora is an unincorporated community in Wise County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
The Bridgeport Unit is a private state prison for men located in Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas, which is operated by Management and Training Corporation under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Cottondale is an unincorporated community in Wise County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boonsville, Texas
- ↑ Gregg, Rosalie (1982). Wise County History.
Municipalities and communities of Wise County, Texas, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cities |  | |
| Towns | ||
| CDPs | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Ghost towns | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
33°04′06″N97°51′48″W / 33.06833°N 97.86333°W
| | This article about a location in Wise County, Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |