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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. 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.
Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region.
Lampasas is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 7,291 at the 2020 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County.
Aurora is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020.
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.
Lake Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 339 in 2020.
New Fairview is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States, with a portion extending into neighboring Denton County. The population was 1,386 in 2020. Growing from a settlement called Illinois Community, the city was called Fairview until 1999, when it was changed to distinguish it from several other cities named Fairview in Texas. In order to maintain a quieter, more rural atmosphere, residential lots are legally limited to a minimum size of one acre.
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.
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.
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas, United States. It lies at an elevation of 551 feet.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates near Elkton, Ohio. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also has an adjacent satellite prison camp that houses low and minimum-security male inmates.
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.
Boonsville is an unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas, United States.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottondale, Texas
- ↑ Gregg, Rosalie (1982). Wise County History.
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