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Hopkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 36,787. Its county seat is Sulphur Springs. Hopkins County is named for the family of David Hopkins, an early settler in the area. Hopkins County comprises the Sulphur Springs, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hopkins County was once known as the Dairy Capital of Texas. Although dairy farms declined in the area in the late 1990s there are still a number of these located there. The Southwest Dairy Museum is located in Sulphur Springs.
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,359. The county seat is Mount Vernon.
Delta County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,230. Its county seat and largest city is Cooper. The county was founded in 1870 and is named for its triangular shape, which resembles the Greek letter delta.
Cumby is a city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. The population was 777 at the 2010 census, up from 616 at the 2000 census. In 2020, its population was 679.
Tira is a town in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. The population was 297 at the 2010 census.
Commerce is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, situated on the eastern edge of North Texas, in the heart of the Texas Blackland Prairies. The town is 45 miles (72 km) south of the Texas/Oklahoma border. Commerce is the second-largest city in Hunt County, with a population of 9,090 at the 2020 census. The city is home to Texas A&M University–Commerce, a four-year university of more than 12,000 students that has been in the town since 1894. Commerce is one of the smallest college towns in Texas.
Paris Junior College (PJC) is a public community college with three campuses in Texas: Paris, Greenville, and Sulphur Springs. The college was founded in 1924 as a campus of Paris Independent School District. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled at the college.
Cooper Lake State Park is a Texas State Park in Delta and Hopkins counties, about three miles (5 km) south of Cooper, Texas. The park is situated on Jim Chapman Lake, formerly known as Cooper Lake. There are actually two geographically separate units; the Doctors Creek unit 33°20′54″N95°40′08″W is located on the north side of the lake, in Delta County, while the South Sulphur unit 33°17′49″N95°39′35″W is located on the south side of the lake, in Hopkins County.
Sulphur Bluff Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Sulphur Bluff, Texas (USA).
Saltillo is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is located sixteen miles east of Sulphur Springs at the intersection of US 67 and FM 900. Saltillo has a population of approximately 300. Despite being unincorporated, Saltillo has its own post office, assigned the ZIP code of 75478. The Saltillo Independent School District serves area students.
The Sulphur River is a 175-mile-long (282 km) river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.
The Southwest Dairy Museum, located in Sulphur Springs, Texas, showcases the importance of the dairy industry and its role in Hopkins County. The Southwest Dairy Museum is funded by the dairy checkoff program.
Gafford is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is also known as Gafford Chapel. It was named for Thomas Mayfield Gafford (1849-1927), who deeded land for a church there in 1881. The Gafford Chapel Cemetery is the burial place of many of the pioneers of Hopkins County.
Brashear is an unincorporated community located on Interstate Highway 30 and Farm to Market Road 2653 in west central Hopkins County, Texas, United States. Brashear has a post office, church, farm buildings, a radio building, and other buildings.
Pickton is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. Pickton has a post office, with the ZIP code 75471.
Dike is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. Dike has a post office, with the ZIP code 75437. On May 6, 2023, Dike voted on whether to incorporate into the city of Dike; the measure failed, with 32 votes in favor against 108 opposed.
Sulphur Springs High School is a public high school located in Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is part of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District located in central Hopkins County. In 2013, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Jim Chapman Dam is a dam in Delta County and Hopkins County, Texas, United States.
Leanna is an unincorporated community in Allen and Neosho counties in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Addran is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
